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pgm(5)							pgm(5)

NAME
       pgm - portable graymap file format

DESCRIPTION
       The portable graymap format is a lowest common denominator
       grayscale file format.  The definition is as follows:

       - A "magic number" for identifying the file type.   A  pgm
	 file's magic number is the two characters "P2".

       - Whitespace (blanks, TABs, CRs, LFs).

       - A width, formatted as ASCII characters in decimal.

       - Whitespace.

       - A height, again in ASCII decimal.

       - Whitespace.

       - The maximum gray value, again in ASCII decimal.

       - Whitespace.

       - Width	*  height  gray values,	 each	in ASCII decimal,
	 between 0 and the specified maximum value, separated  by
	 whitespace,  starting	at  the top-left  corner  of the
	 graymap, proceeding in normal English reading order.	A
	 value	of  0  means  black,  and the maximum value means
	 white.

       - Characters from  a  "#"  to  the  next end-of-line  are
	 ignored (comments).

       - No line should be longer than 70 characters.

       Here is an example of a small graymap in this format:
       P2
       # feep.pgm
       24 7
       15
       0  0  0	0  0  0 0  0  0	 0  0	0  0  0 0  0  0	 0  0	0  0  0 0  0
       0  3  3	3  3  0 0  7  7	 7  7	0  0 11 11 11 11  0  0 15 15 15 15  0
       0  3  0	0  0  0 0  7  0	 0  0	0  0 11 0  0  0	 0  0 15  0  0 15  0
       0  3  3	3  0  0 0  7  7	 7  0	0  0 11 11 11  0  0  0 15 15 15 15  0
       0  3  0	0  0  0 0  7  0	 0  0	0  0 11 0  0  0	 0  0 15  0  0	0  0
       0  3  0	0  0  0 0  7  7	 7  7	0  0 11 11 11 11  0  0 15  0  0 0  0
       0  0  0	0  0  0 0  0  0	 0  0	0  0  0 0  0  0	 0  0	0  0  0 0  0

       Programs that  read  this  format should be as lenient as
       possible, accepting anything that looks	remotely  like	a
       graymap.

       There  is  also	a  variant  on	the  format, available by

			 12 November 1991			1

pgm(5)							pgm(5)

       setting the RAWBITS option at compile time.  This  variant
       is different in the following ways:

       - The "magic number" is "P5" instead of "P2".

       - The  gray  values  are stored as plain bytes, instead of
	 ASCII decimal.

       - No whitespace is allowed in the grays section, and  only
	 a  single  character of whitespace (typically a newline)
	 is allowed after the maxval.

       - The files are smaller and many times faster to read  and
	 write.

       Note  that  this raw  format can only be used for maxvals
       less than or equal to 255.  If you use the pgm library and
       try to write a file with a larger maxval, it will automat-
       ically fall back on the slower but more general plain for-
       mat.

SEE ALSO
       fitstopgm(1),   fstopgm(1),  hipstopgm(1),  lispmtopgm(1),
       psidtopgm(1),  rawtopgm(1),  pgmbentley(1),  pgmcrater(1),
       pgmedge(1),    pgmenhance(1),	pgmhist(1),   pgmnorm(1),
       pgmoil(1),   pgmramp(1), pgmtexture(1),	  pgmtofits(1),
       pgmtofs(1),  pgmtolispm(1),  pgmtopbm(1),  pnm(5), pbm(5),
       ppm(5)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.

			 12 November 1991			2

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