PPMTOMAP(1)

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version 11.13.03 · 3 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 Ppmtomap User Manual 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about ppmtomap, a lil program from the Netpbm family (that's the manual name, Ppmtomap User Manual, section 1, iykyk) 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ppmtomap — the icon that got replaced by pnmcolormap 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so first things first: this program is part of Netpbm(1). periodt.

and second things second — and this is the important one, bestie — this program exists only for backward compatibility. that's it. that's its whole job. it's the retired queen still showing up to the group chat out of habit. 👑

you want the real thing? use pnmcolormap, which replaced it back in January 2002. that's a long time ago fr fr. 😭

now, there is one trivial difference between ppmtomap and pnmcolormap all, and it's lowkey cute:

  • if the input is PBM or PGM, ppmtomap would produce PPM output
  • whereas pnmcolormap all produces the same kind of output as the input

like, it's not a big deal though, because PBM and PGM images are usually usable anywhere a PPM image is. so this difference should not be very noticeable. no cap. 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

here's the thing bestie… there are no command line options defined specifically for ppmtomap. none. zero. a clean slate. ✨

but!! it still recognizes the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm — gotta see Common Options for those. the shared wardrobe, if you will. 💜

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • pnmcolormap(1) — the upgrade, the main character, the one you should actually be using 💖

📜 DOCUMENT SOURCE 📜

this manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool makeman from HTML source, bestie. the master documentation lives at:

http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/ppmtomap.html

go touch grass over there if you want the source-of-truth version 🌱

okay and that's the whole page!! ty for coming to my ted talk 🫶

netpbm documentation · 06 January 2002 · Ppmtomap User Manual(1) — mwah, stan an old faithful utility, bye bestie 💅✨🎀

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