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From: rusty@steelmill.cs.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Help with PBMPLUS
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Date: 10 Oct 90 03:44:25 GMT
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In article <32937@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Marc Barrett writes:
   >
   >   I have some questions regarding PBMPlus for the Amiga.  My questions
   >involve converting PBM and PGM files to ILBM formats.  A file is included 
   >to convert color PPM files to ILBM, but no files are included to
   >convert PBM or PGM files to ILBM.

I believe, but I may be wrong, that if you read the
documentation that you'll find that all ppm' programs can read
"lesser" type files such as pbm and pgm.  pnm programs can read
any (any -> pNm :-) PBM format (pbm,pgm, & ppm) but they're
strictly manipulative little suckers in that they just change
the image information but do not convert to different formats.

   >This is a serious fault, because it limits that use of the package.

Maybe you oughta read ALL the doc's first.  The best set would
be for the Unix version of the utilities.

   >   I have a bunch of Sun icons that I would like to convert to ILBM
   >files, and from there to Amiga icons.  There is a Sun ICON to PBM
   >converter included, but I can't figure out how to get the monochrome
   >PBM files to ILBM.  

ppmtoilbm sun.icon >sun.ilbm


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