Pbmtomda User Manual

# pbmtomda

Updated: 03 June 1999
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## NAME

pbmtomda - convert a PBM image to a Microdesign .mda

## SYNOPSIS

pbmtomda [-d] [-i] [--] [pbmfile]

## DESCRIPTION

This program is part of Netpbm.

pbmtomda reads a PBM image as input and produces a MicroDesign 2 area file (.MDA) as output.

If you do not specify pbmfile, pbmtomda uses Standard Input.

## OPTIONS

In addition to the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (most notably -quiet, see Common Options), pbmtomda recognizes the following command line options:

-d
  Halve the height of the output file, to compensate for the aspect ratio used in MicroDesign files.
-i
  Invert the colors used.
--
  End of options (use this if the filename starts with "-")

## LIMITATIONS

There's no way to produce files in MicroDesign 3 format. MD3 itself and mdatopbm can read files in either format.

## SEE ALSO

mdatopbm, pbm

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1999 John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.

## Table Of Contents

- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- LIMITATIONS
- SEE ALSO
- AUTHOR