TUXPAINT-IMPORT(1)

✨ tuxpaint-import — the Tux Paint Import glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to TUXPAINT-IMPORT(1), a lil corner of the Tux Paint Import manual section, and honestly? it's giving "tiny script, huge main character energy." 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

tuxpaint-import — literally just here to import image files into Tux Paint(1). that's the whole job. no cap. 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSYS 🦋

tuxpaint-import [--help]

tuxpaint-import filename(s)

(yes we're keeping the classic spelling, it's iconic, don't @ me 💖)

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so tuxpaint-import is a simple shell script — like, a lil baby script, but she WORKS — and she pulls in some NetPBM (pnm(5)) tools to get the job done:

• anytopnm
• pnmscale
• pnmtopng

plus date(1) for good measure.

and what does all that do? it takes an arbitrary image file — think a JPEG, a GIF, whatever random thing you dragged in from the group chat — and converts it into a PNG(5) file that the drawing program Tux Paint (tuxpaint(1)) can actually use. then it drops it in the user's Tux Paint saved-files directory, which is:

$HOME/.tuxpaint/saved/

and that's it. that's the whole vibe check. it passed. ✅

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

tuxpaint-import picture.jpg photo.png cartoon.gif

look at her go, converting multiple files at once, absolutely ate 🍓

💜 ENVIRONMENT 💜

• $HOME — this one's used to figure out where the files should go so that you can actually access them inside Tux Paint using its Open command. iykyk 🧚

👑 FILES 👑

• $HOME/.tuxpaint/saved — the spot where new image files get stored, after they've been resized and converted into PNG format. this is the main hangout. 🏠
• $HOME/.tuxpaint/saved/.thumbs — where the thumbnail images are stored. yes it's a hidden dot-folder, she's mysterious like that 🙈

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Bill Kendrick. <bill@newbreedsoftware.com>

king behavior, fr fr 🔥

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

tuxpaint(1), pnm(5), png(5), anytopnm(1), pnmscale(1), pnmtopng(1), date(1),

and also the documentation chilling inside:

/usr/[local/]share/doc/tuxpaint/

and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this was TUXPAINT-IMPORT(1) from the Tux Paint Import corner of the world, version dated 2003.06.17 — aka 17 Jun 2003 — which is old enough to be vintage but still absolutely serving. periodt. 💖✨💅