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ppmmake (1)

create a pixmap of a specified size and color

SYNOPSIS

    ppmmake color width height

DESCRIPTION

    Produces a portable pixmap of the specified color, width, and height. "generating pixmaps"

    The color can be specified in five ways: "specifying colors"

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      A name, assuming that a pointer to an X11-style color names file was compiled in.

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      An X11-style hexadecimal specifier: rgb:r/g/b, where r g and b are each 1- to 4-digit hexadecimal numbers.

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      An X11-style decimal specifier: rgbi:r/g/b, where r g and b are floating point numbers between 0 and 1.

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      For backwards compatibility, an old-X11-style hexadecimal number: #rgb, #rrggbb, #rrrgggbbb, or #rrrrggggbbbb.

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      For backwards compatibility, a triplet of numbers separated by commas: r,g,b, where r g and b are floating point numbers between 0 and 1. (This style was added before MIT came up with the similar rgbi style.)

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AUTHOR

    Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.