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From: lar@pc.usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Info on processing ICON images
Message-ID: <LAR.91Jan11111621@pc.usl.edu>
Date: 11 Jan 91 17:16:21 GMT
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In-reply-to: clemon@lemsys.UUCP's message of 6 Jan 91 09:04:27 GMT

In article <5015.663097167@lemsys.UUCP> clemon@lemsys.UUCP
(Craig Lemon) writes:

                            ... What I want to do is half the width of all my
   ICONs to make them look good as well as open up more Workbench space.  I
   had my hopes set that some of the PBMPLus programs would do the job for me
   (icontoppm, ppmtoicon, ppmreduce etc...) but I can't seem to be able to
   get them to work when I FTP individual binaries from 130.70.40.3 through
   BITFTP.  

([130.70.40.3] = pc.usl.edu)

BITFTP has this nasty habit of padding with nulls the files it
retrieves.  So, to get around this problem, I've rearranged the way
Amiga PBM Plus is stored in the anon-ftp area.  The bin subdirectory
now contains a Zoo file for each of the programs, which contains an
executable file and its corresponding documentation.  The doc
subdirectory now only contains documentation of a general nature.  If
anyone has further problems with this, please let me know via e-mail.

                          ... Why I want to use the PBMPlus series is that I
   can write a script to use with 'eo' or something to automatically re-do
   all of the ICONs presently on my system.  Does anyone know where else PBMPlus
   can be found or of any other programs that do what I need?

Since PBM Plus doesn't currently support Amiga icon files (icontopbm
and pbmtoicon are for Sunview icons), you'll need to find something
that can convert them to/from a format that it does support.

Followups directed to comp.sys.amiga.graphics.

Lane
lar@usl.edu