ppmpat(1)

1Ppmpat User Manual(0)                                    Ppmpat User Manual(0)
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NAME

6       ppmpat - make a pretty PPM image
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SYNOPSIS

10       ppmpat {-gingham2|-g2} | {-gingham3|-g3} | -madras | -tartan | -poles |
11       -squig | -camo | -anticamo -argyle1 -argyle2 [-color  colorlist  [-ran‐
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16       You can abbreviate any option to its shortest unique prefix.
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DESCRIPTION

20       This program is part of Netpbm(1).
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22       ppmpat produces a PPM of the specified width and height, with a pattern
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25       You could, for example, use it  to  create  wallpaper  for  a  computer
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28       One  use  of  this program is as an example of the Netpbm library draw‐
29       ing(1) functions, which it uses.
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31       Some of the patterns have large numbers of colors, so  if  you  want  a
32       simpler pattern, use pnmquant on the output.
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OPTIONS

36       The options specify various pattern types:
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41              A gingham check pattern.  Can be tiled.
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43              If  you  specify  -color,  give two colors: background and fore‐
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48              A slightly more complicated gingham.  Can be tiled.
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50              If you specify -color, give three  colors:  background  and  two
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55              A madras plaid.  Can be tiled.
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57              If  you  specify  -color,  give three colors: background and two
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62              A tartan plaid.  Can be tiled.
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64              If you specify -color, give three  colors:  background  and  two
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68       -poles Color gradients centered on randomly-placed poles.
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73       -squig Squiggley tubular pattern.  Can be tiled.
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75              If  you specify -color, give three or more colors.  The first is
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81              If you specify -color, give three or more colors.  The first  is
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83              ground shapes.   The  foreground  shapes  will  probably  occupy
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89              Anti-camouflage pattern - like -camo, but ultra-bright colors.
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95              A diamond argyle pattern, without a cross through  the  diamond,
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105              A diamond argyle pattern, with a cross through the diamond, with
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108              If  you  specify  -color,  give  three colors: background, fore‐
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111              This option was new in Netpbm 10.78 (March 2017).
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115              This specifies the colors to appear in the pattern.
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120              Different  patterns  take different numbers of colors.  Some can
121              involve variable numbers of colors.  If you specify a number  of
122              colors  incompatible with the pattern you specify, ppmpat fails,
123              telling you how many colors to specify.
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127              Specify  each  color  as  described  for  the  argument  of  the
128              ppm_parsecolor() library routine ⟨libppm.html#colorname⟩ .
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130              Example: -color red, green, rgbi:1.0/0.5/.25 .
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132              This option was new in Netpbm 10.78 (March 2017).
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136              This  is the seed for the random number generator that generates
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139              Use this to ensure you get the same image  on  separate  invoca‐
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142              By  default, ppmpat uses a seed derived from the time of day and
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REFERENCES

152       Some  of  the patterns are from "Designer's Guide to Color 3" by Jeanne
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AUTHOR

162       Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
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DOCUMENT SOURCE

165       This  manual  page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML
166       source.  The master documentation is at
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