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6 ppmpat - make a pretty PPM image
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10 ppmpat {-gingham2|-g2} | {-gingham3|-g3} | -madras | -tartan | -poles |
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17 This program is part of Netpbm(1).
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19 ppmpat produces a PPM of the specified width and height, with a pattern
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22 This program is mainly to demonstrate use of the ppmdraw routines, a
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28 Some of these patterns have large numbers of colors, so if you want a
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38 A gingham check pattern. Can be tiled.
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74 pnmtile(1), pnmquant(1), ppmmake(1), ppmrainbow(1), pamgradient(1),
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83netpbm documentation 12 June 2004 Ppmpat User Manual(0)