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From: lar@pc.usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Help with PBMPLUS
Message-ID: <LAR.90Oct10112819@pc.usl.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 90 16:28:19 GMT
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In-reply-to: rusty@steelmill.cs.umd.edu's message of 10 Oct 90 03:44:25 GMT

In article <26916@mimsy.umd.edu> rusty@steelmill.cs.umd.edu
(Rusty Haddock) writes:
   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.

Absolutely Correct!

			[...deleted...]

      >   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

Not quite; Try this:

run icontopbm >pipe:p1 sun.icon
ppmtoilbm >sun.ilbm pipe:p1

Lane
lar@usl.edu