picttoppm(1)                                         picttoppm(1)


NAME
       picttoppm  - convert a Macintosh PICT file into a portable
       pixmap

SYNOPSIS
       picttoppm [-verbose] [pictfile]

DESCRIPTION
       Reads a PICT file (version 1 or 2) and outputs a  portable
       pixmap.   Useful as the first step in converting a scanned
       image to something that can be displayed on Unix.

OPTIONS
       -v     Turns on verbose mode which prints a a whole  bunch
              of  information  that only picttoppm hackers really
              care about.

BUGS
       The PICT file format is a general drawing  format.   pict-
       toppm  only  supports a small subset of its operations but
       is still very useful for files produced by scanning  soft-
       ware.   In  particular, text added to a scanned image will
       be silently ignored.

SEE ALSO
       Inside Macintosh volume 5, ppmtopict(1), ppm(5)

AUTHOR
       Copyright 1989 George Phillips




























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