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Ppmpat User Manual
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ppmpat
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Updated: 12 June 2004
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NAME
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ppmpat - make a pretty PPM image
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SYNOPSIS
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\fBppmpat\fR
{\fB-gingham2\fR|\fB-g2\fR} |
{\fB-gingham3\fR|\fB-g3\fR} |
\fB-madras\fR |
\fB-tartan\fR |
\fB-poles\fR |
\fB-squig\fR |
\fB-camo\fR |
\fB-anticamo\fR
\fIwidth\fR \fIheight\fR
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You can abbreviate any option to its shortest unique prefix.
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DESCRIPTION
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This program is part of Netpbm.
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\fBppmpat\fR produces a PPM of the specified width and height,
with a pattern in it.
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This program is mainly to demonstrate use of the ppmdraw routines,
a simple but powerful drawing library.  See the ppmdraw.h include file
for more info on using these routines.  Still, some of the patterns
can be rather pretty.  If you have a color workstation, something like
\fBppmpat -squig 300 300 | pnmquant 128\fR
should generate a nice background.
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Some of these patterns have large numbers of colors, so if you want
a simpler pattern, use \fBpnmquant\fR on the output.
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OPTIONS
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The options specify various pattern types:
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.IP "\fB-gingham2\fR"
A gingham check pattern.  Can be tiled.
.IP "\fB-gingham3\fR"
A slightly more complicated gingham.  Can be tiled.
.IP "\fB-madras\fR"
A madras plaid.  Can be tiled.
.IP "\fB-tartan\fR"
A tartan plaid.  Can be tiled.
.IP "\fB-poles\fR"
Color gradients centered on randomly-placed poles.
.IP "\fB-squig\fR"
Squiggley tubular pattern.  Can be tiled.
.IP "\fB-camo\fR"
Camouflage pattern.
.IP "\fB-anticamo\fR"
Anti-camouflage pattern - like -camo, but ultra-bright colors.
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REFERENCES
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Some of the patterns are from "Designer's Guide to Color 3"
by Jeanne Allen.
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SEE ALSO
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pnmtile, 
pnmquant, 
ppmmake, 
ppmrainbow, 
pamgradient, 
ppm
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AUTHOR
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Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
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