[comp.sources.d] Bitmap -> ASCII

werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) (03/10/90)

Is there a utility like PBM+ or ALV or FBM which generates normal ascii
characters from Sun raster images?  It seems theoretically possible to
get shade effects with #, %, $, chars.

TIA

-Mitchell F. Wyle
Institut fuer Informationssysteme         wyle@inf.ethz.ch
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jef@well.sf.ca.us (Jef Poskanzer) (03/11/90)

In the referenced message, werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) wrote:
}Is there a utility like PBM+ or ALV or FBM which generates normal ascii
}characters from Sun raster images?  It seems theoretically possible to
}get shade effects with #, %, $, chars.

Uhhhhhhh................  Did you take a look at pbmtoascii?
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Jef

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