ppmtoxpm(1)

NAME
ppmtoxpm - convert a portable pixmap into an X11 pixmap

SYNOPSIS
ppmtoxpm [-name xpmname] [ppmfile]

DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces X11 pixmap (XPM) as output.

If the program was compiled with an rgb database specified, and a RGB value from the ppm input matches a RGB value from the database, then the corresponding color name mnemonic is printed in the XPM's colormap. If no rgb database was compiled in, or if the RGB values don't match, then the color will be printed with the #RGB, #RRGGBB, #RRRGGGBBB, or #RRRRGGGGBBBB hexadecimal format.

OPTIONS

-name
    Allows you to specify the prefix string which is printed in the resulting XPM output. If not specified, will default to the filename (without extension) of the ppmfile argument. If -name is not specified and no ppmfile is specified (i.e. piped input), the prefix string will default to the string "noname".

All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.

EXAMPLE
To convert the file "dot" (found in /usr/include/X11/bitmaps), from xbm to xpm one could specify

    xbmtopbm dot | ppmtoxpm -name dot

BUGS
An option to match the closest (rather than exact) color name mnemonic from the rgb text would be a desirable enhancement.

Truncation of the least significant bits of a RGB value may result in nonexact matches when performing color name mnemonic lookups.

SEE ALSO
xpmtoppm(1), ppm(5)

AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1990 by Mark W. Snitily.