ppmtoicr(1) convert a portable pixmap into NCSA ICR format

SYNOPSIS

ppmtoicr [-windowname name] [-expand expand] [-display display] [-rle] [ppmfile]

OPTIONS

-windownamename
Output will be displayed in name (Default is to use ppmfile or "untitled" if standard input is read.)
-expandexpand
Output will be expanded on display by factor expand (For example, a value of 2 will cause four pixels to be displayed for every input pixel.)
-displaydisplay
Output will be displayed on screen numbered display
-rle
Use run-length encoded format for display. (This will nearly always result in a quicker display, but may skew the colormap.)

EXAMPLES

To display a ppm file using the protocol:
    ppmtoicr ppmfile
This will create a window named ppmfile on the display with the correct dimensions for ppmfile, create and download a colormap of up to 256 colors, and download the picture into the window. The same effect may be achieved by the following sequence:
    ppmtoicr ppmfile > filename
    cat filename
To display a GIF file using the protocol in a window titled after the input file, zoom the displayed image by a factor of 2, and run-length encode the data:
    giftopnm giffile | ppmtoicr -w giffile -r -e 2

BUGS

The protocol uses frequent fflush calls to speed up display. If the output is saved to a file for later display via cat, drawing will be much slower. In either case, increasing the Blocksize limit on the display will speed up transmission substantially.

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1990 by Kanthan Pillay ([email protected]), Princeton University Computing and Information Technology.