# ppmpat(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       ppmpat - make a pretty pixmap

## SYNOPSIS
       **ppmpat**  **-gingham2**|**-g2**|**-gingham3**|  **-g3**|**-madras**|**-tartan**|  **-poles**|**-squig**|**-camo**|  **-anticamo** _width_
       _height_

## DESCRIPTION
       Produces a portable pixmap of the specified width and height, with a pattern in it.

       This program is mainly to demonstrate use of the ppmdraw  routines,  a  simple  but  powerful
       drawing  library.   See  the  ppmdraw.h  include  file for more info on using these routines.
       Still, some of the patterns can be rather pretty.  If you have a color workstation, something
       like **ppmpat** **-squig** **300** **300** **|** **ppmquant** **128** should generate a nice background.

## OPTIONS
       The different flags specify various different pattern types:

### -gingham2
              A gingham check pattern.  Can be tiled.

### -gingham3
              A slightly more complicated gingham.  Can be tiled.

### -madras
              A madras plaid.  Can be tiled.

### -tartan
              A tartan plaid.  Can be tiled.

### -poles
              _mquant_.

### -squig

### -camo

### -anticamo
              Anti-camouflage pattern - like -camo, but ultra-bright colors.  May  need  to  be  run
              through _ppmquant_.

       All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.

## REFERENCES
       Some of the patterns are from "Designer's Guide to Color 3" by Jeanne Allen.

## SEE ALSO
       [pnmtile(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnmtile/1/markdown), [ppmquant(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmquant/1/markdown), [ppm(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppm/5/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.



                                          04 September 1989                                [ppmpat(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmpat/1/markdown)