xpmtoppm

xpmtoppm(1)                 General Commands Manual                xpmtoppm(1)

NAME
       xpmtoppm - convert an X11 pixmap into a portable pixmap

SYNOPSIS
       xpmtoppm [--alphaout={alpha-filename,-}] [-verbose] [xpmfile]

DESCRIPTION
       Reads an X11 pixmap (XPM version 1 or 3) as input.  Produces a PPM file
       as output.

OPTIONS
       --alphaout=alpha-filename
              xpmtoppm creates a PBM file containing the transparency mask for
              the  image.  If the input image doesn't contain transparency in-
              formation, the alpha-filename file contains all  white  (opaque)
              alpha  values.   If  you don't specify --alphaout, xpmtoppm does
              not generate an alpha file, and if the input image has transpar-
              ency information, xpmtoppm simply discards it.

              If you specify - as the filename, xpmtoppm writes the alpha out-
              put to Standard Output and discards the image.

              See pnmcomp(1) for one way to use the alpha output file.

       --verbose
              xpmtoppm prints information about its processing on Standard Er-
              ror.

LIMITATIONS
       The  support  to  XPM version 3 is limited. Comments can only be single
       lines and there must be for every pixel a default colorname for a color
       type visual.

SEE ALSO
       ppmtoxpm(1), pnmcomp(1), ppm(5)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.

       Upgraded to support XPM version 3 by
           Arnaud Le Hors (lehors@mirsa.inria.fr)
           Tue Apr 9 1991

                                  06 May 2001                      xpmtoppm(1)