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ppmtopcx(1)                            General Commands Manual                           ppmtopcx(1)



NAME
       ppmtopcx - convert a portable pixmap into a PCX file


SYNOPSIS
       ppmtopcx [-24bit] [-packed] [-xpos=cols] [-ypos=rows] [ppmfile]


DESCRIPTION
       Reads a PPM image as input.  Produces a PCX file as output.  The type of the PCX file depends
       on the number of colors in the pixmap:

       16 colors or less:
              1 bit/pixel, 1-4 planes.

       256 colors or less:
              8 bits/pixel, 1 plane, colormap at the end of the file.

       More than 256 colors:
              24bit truecolor file (8 bits/pixel, 3 planes).

OPTIONS
       -24bit Produce a 24bit truecolor file, even if the pixmap has 256 colors or less.

       -packed
              Use "packed pixel" format for files with 16 colors or less: 1, 2, or 4  bits/pixel,  1
              plane.

       -xpos=cols

       -ypos=rows
              These  options  set the position of the image in some field (e.g. on a screen) in col‐
              umns to the right of the left edge and rows below the top edge.  The PCX  format  con‐
              tains  image position information.  Don't confuse this with the position of an area of
              interest within the image.  For example, using pnmpad to add a 10 pixel left border to
              an  image  and then converting that image to PCX with xpos = 0 is not the same as con‐
              verting the original image to PCX and setting xpos = 10.

              The values may be from -32767 to 32768.

              The default for each is zero.



SEE ALSO
       pcxtoppm(1), ppm(5)


AUTHORS
       Copyright (C) 1994 by Ingo Wilken (Ingo.Wilken AT informatik.de)
       Based on previous work by Michael Davidson.



                                          12 December 1994                               ppmtopcx(1)