.TH pnmtoxwd 1 "24 September 1991"
.IX pnmtoxwd
.SH NAME
pnmtoxwd - convert a portable anymap into an X11 window dump
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pnmtoxwd
.RB [ -pseudodepth
.IR n ]
.RB [ -directcolor ]
.RI [ pnmfile ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable anymap as input.
Produces an X11 window dump as output.
.IX XWD
.IX "X window system"
This window dump can be displayed using the xwud tool.
.PP
Normally, pnmtoxwd produces a StaticGray dump file for
.I pbm
and
.I pgm
files.
For
.IR ppm ,
it writes a PseudoColor dump file if there are up
to 256 colors in the input, and a DirectColor dump file otherwise.
The
.B -directcolor
flag can be used to force a DirectColor dump.
And the
.B -pseudodepth
flag can be used to change the depth of PseudoColor dumps from the default
of 8 bits / 256 colors.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
xwdtopnm(1), pnm(5), xwud(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.
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