RLETOASCII(1)RLETOASCII(1)NAME
rletoascii - Print an RLE image as ASCII chars.
SYNOPSIS
rletoascii [ -S asciistr ] [ -r ] [ -o outfile ] [ infile ]
DESCRIPTION
Rletoascii reads a file in RLE(5) format, converts it to black and
white, then dumps it as ASCII characters. The 0 to 255 range of pixel
values in the image is scaled to the length of asciistr and a the char‐
acter at that position in the string is printed for each pixel. Input
will be read from infile if specified, from standard input, otherwise.
Output dumps to standard output, or outfile, if specified.
Usually, the input will need to be resized by fant(1) or rlezoom(1) to
make it small enough to fit on the screen and to adjust the pixel
aspect ratio to the "character aspect ratio" of the terminal. To get
it "right side up", use rleflip(1) with the -v option. Finally, it may
be helpful to maximize the dynamic range with rlespiff(1).
OPTIONS-S asciistr
Specifies the range of ascii characters for conversion. The
default string (@BR*#$PX0woIcv:+!~"., ) was designed to look
good with the X 6x13 font.
-r Reverse video. This causes the 0 to 255 range to be mapped to
the reverse of the ascii string.
SEE ALSOfant(1), rleflip(1), rlespiff(1), rlezoom(1), urt(1), RLE(5).
AUTHOR
Rod G. Bogart, University of Michigan.
DEFICIENCIES
Could be rewritten to use overprinting for output to a real printer.
4th Berkeley Distribution Jun 18, 1990 RLETOASCII(1)
