{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "ppmtopict",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppmtopict/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-30T05:14:44Z",
    "synopsis": "ppmtopict [ppmfile]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "ppmtopict - convert a portable pixmap into a Macintosh PICT file\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "ppmtopict [ppmfile]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Reads a portable pixmap as input.  Produces a Macintosh PICT file as output.\n\nThe  generated  file  is  only  the  data fork of a picture.  You will need a program such as\nmcvert to generate a Macbinary or a BinHex file that contains the  necessary  information  to\nidentify the file as a PICT file to MacOS.\n\nEven  though  PICT  supports 2 and 4 bits per pixel, ppmtopict always generates an 8 bits per\npixel file.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "BUGS": {
            "content": "The picture size field is only correct if the output is to a file  since  writing  into  this\nfield  requires seeking backwards on a file.  However the PICT documentation seems to suggest\nthat this field is not critical anyway since it is only the lower  16  bits  of  the  picture\nsize.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "picttoppm(1), ppm(5), mcvert(1)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Copyright (C) 1990 by Ken Yap <ken@cs.rocester.edu>.\n\n\n\n15 April 1990                               ppmtopict(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "ppmtopict - convert a portable pixmap into a Macintosh PICT file",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "picttoppm",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/picttoppm/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "ppm",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppm/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "mcvert",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mcvert/1/json"
        }
    ]
}