ppmtopict(1)ppmtopict(1)NAMEppmtopict - convert a portable pixmap into a Macintosh
PICT file
SYNOPSISppmtopict [ppmfile]
DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces a Macintosh
PICT file as output.
The generated file is only the data fork of a picture.
You will need a program such as mcvert to generate a
Macbinary or a BinHex file that contains the necessary
information to identify the file as a PICT file to MacOS.
Even though PICT supports 2 and 4 bits per pixel, ppm-
topict always generates an 8 bits per pixel file.
BUGS
The picture size field is only correct if the output is to
a file since writing into this field requires seeking
backwards on a file. However the PICT documentation seems
to suggest that this field is not critical anyway since it
is only the lower 16 bits of the picture size.
SEE ALSOpicttoppm(1), ppm(5), mcvert(1)AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1990 by Ken Yap <ken@cs.rocester.edu>.
15 April 1990 1