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ximtoppm(1)                            General Commands Manual                           ximtoppm(1)



NAME
       ximtoppm - convert an Xim file into a portable pixmap

SYNOPSIS
       ximtoppm [--alphaout={alpha-filename,-}] [ximfile]

DESCRIPTION
       Reads  an  Xim  file as input.  Produces a portable pixmap as output.  The Xim toolkit is in‐
       cluded in the contrib tree of the X.V11R4 release.

OPTIONS
       --alphaout=alpha-filename
              ximtoppm creates a PGM (portable graymap) file containing the alpha channel values  in
              the input image.  If the input image doesn't contain an alpha channel, the alpha-file‐
              name file contains all zero (transparent) alpha values.  If you  don't  specify  --al‐‐
              phaout,  ximtoppm does not generate an alpha file, and if the input image has an alpha
              channel, ximtoppm simply discards it.

              If you specify - as the filename, ximtoppm writes the alpha output to Standard  Output
              and discards the image.

              Actually,  an  Xim  image can contain an arbitrary fourth channel -- it need not be an
              Alpha channel.  ximtoppm extracts any fourth channel it finds as described  above;  it
              doesn't matter if it is an alpha channel or not.

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


       All options can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.


SEE ALSO
       pnmcomp(1), ppm(5)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.



                                            April 2, 2000                                ximtoppm(1)