read-notepad(1)

NAME
read-notepad - Connect to the Palm handheld and list the record information found in the Palm Notepad application (found on OS4 and newer devices). Alternately, if no options are given, each record's image will be converted to files, using Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm) format. The default type is ppm.

SYNOPSIS
read-notepad [-p <port>] [--list] [--type <type>]

DESCRIPTION
read-notepad allows a user running PalmOS 4.0 or later to read the data stored in the Palm Notepad application and extract the data into images and convert them to Portable Network Graphics (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm) files.

OPTIONS

-p, --port <port>
    Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If both are not found or supplied, install-expenses will fall back to /dev/pilot.

-h, --help
    Display the help synopsis for read-notepad.

-v, --version
    Display version of read-notepad.

-l, --list
    List picture information found on the device instead of converting them to image files.

-t, --type <type>
    Specify the output picture type. Can be either "png" or "ppm".

USAGE
The program will connect to the target Palm handheld, and list or convert the records and images found in the Palm Notepad application to Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm) files.

BUGS

KNOWN BUGS

    read-notepad has no known bugs at this time.

REPORTING BUGS

    Report bugs at http://bugs.pilot-link.org/

AUTHOR
read-notepad was written by Angus Ainslie <angusa@deltatee.com>.