bowen%prg.oxford.ac.uk@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk (Jonathan Bowen) (12/13/88)
I notice there has been some talk of manipulating Sun icons in sun-spots recently. Here are some programs which can be used to help with this. "editicon" uses "showicon" to convert a Sun icon into a text file containing "#" for black pixels and " " for white pixels. This is then edited using a standard text editor (default "vi"). The text image can be saved using ":w file" or shifted using "s/^/ /", etc., in "vi". On exit from the editor, if the file has been updated, "makeicon" is used to overwrite the Sun icon file. Saved text images can be overlayed together using "over", X-Y axes can be swapped using "swap", etc. Existing Unix tools such as "rev" and "colrm" can also be used to modify text images. As supplied, "editicon", etc assumes 64x64 bit images, but any competent Unix hacker could change this if desired. "ras2icon" is a slightly cleaned up version of "pic2icon", as issued previously on sun-spots (by Jim Meritt?), together with a newly written manual page. I changed the name since "pic" files mean something different at our site. "sun2xicon" and "x2sunicon" convert between SunView and X formats as best they can. I am happy for all these files to be included in the sun-spots archive (assuming the original author of "pic2icon" does not object about "ras2icon"). The files are also available by sending a message such as: send prog editicon.shar to <archive-server@uk.ac.oxford.prg> on JANET or <archive-server@ox-prg.uucp> (...!mcvax!uck!ox-prg!archive-server). However, I would rather US sites obtained copies from the sun-spots archive server to reduce transatlantic traffic. A message of "help" to the archive server will give more information on its use. Here is a list of the relevant files: Name Contents editicon.shar Edit a SunView icon using a text editor (also includes makeicon and showicon) fill.shar Fill text lines to a given column position * over.shar Overlay text files * pos.shar Position lines on given column * ras2icon.shar Convert Sun raster to icon format sun2xicon.shar Convert SunView icon to X bitmap swap.shar Swap rows and columns in a text file * x2sunicon.shar Convert X bitmap to SunView icon All programs are designed for UNIX systems and are shell scripts or C programs (if marked with a *). Some shell scripts may depend on other programs which are not available on all UNIX systems. In particular, these programs have only been tested on BSD4.2 based systems (on Sun-3 hardware). There is no warranty that they will work on your system, but bug reports and updates are welcome. Each ``shar'' file contains at least the following: README Brief description Makefile To make and install files x or x.c Shell script or C program source x.1 Manual page where ``x'' is the name of the program. Jonathan Bowen Oxford University Computing Laboratory Programming Research Group England JANET: bowen@uk.ac.oxford.prg ARPA: bowen%prg.oxford.ac.uk@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk UUCP: bowen@ox-prg.uucp (...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!ox-prg!bowen) [[ The "shar of shars" is in the archives under "sun-source" as "icontools.shar". It is 86068 bytes in length (if this length poses a problem for you, drop me a line and I will split it into two shar files). It can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from the host "titan.rice.edu" or via the archive server. For more information about the archive server, send a mail message containing the word "help" to the address "archive-server@rice.edu". --wnl ]]
jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov (Jef Poskanzer) (12/22/88)
While we're on the subject, some Sun-Spots readers might not be aware of my "Portable Bitmap" package. This package started the same way as Jonathan Bowen's, as just a bunch of hacks for converting between bitmap formats, but I and others have been adding to it for a couple of years now. The package was recently posted to the comp.sources.misc newsgroup, so it should be available from various archive servers. It is also available via anonymous FTP from expo.lcs.mit.edu (18.72.0.126) as contrib/pbm.tar.Z. I have appended the README, but it's pretty long... --- Jef Jef Poskanzer jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov ...well!pokey = = = = = = = = = = Portable Bitmap Toolkit Version of 12dec88 Previous distribution 31oct88 Included are a number of programs for converting various bitmap formats to and from a portable format; plus some tools for manipulating the portable bitmaps. Changes since the comp.sources.misc distribution of 31oct88: Added pbmreduce. Added imgtopbm, tifftopbm, pcxtopbm, and pbmtogo. Minor bugfix to pbmtolj. Changes since the X.V11R3 distribution of 31aug88: The cbm format has been revised to support run-length encoding. Pbmtops now does run-length encoding. Major changes since the X.V11R2 distribution of 28mar88: The pbm format now has a "magic number". New conversion filters: brushtopbm, giftopbm, pbmtolj, pbmtomacp, pbmtoxwd, and pbmtox10wd. Icontopbm converter has a better parser -- it knows to skip over any extraneous comments at the beginning of the icon file. Pbmtops generates a different PostScript wrapper program -- it should handle huge bitmaps better. Xwdtopbm now handles byte-swapping correctly. Pbmmake takes a flag to specify the color of the new bitmap. Pbmpaste now implements 'or', 'and', and 'xor' operations as well as the default 'replace'. Files in this distribution: README this FORMATS descriptions of the various bitmap formats Makefile guess brushtopbm.c convert from Xerox doodle brushes to portable bitmap cbmtopbm.c convert from compact bitmap to portable bitmap giftopbm.c convert from GIF to portable bitmap icontopbm.c convert from Sun icon to portable bitmap imgtopbm.c convert from GEM .img format to portable bitmap macptopbm.c convert from MacPaint to portable bitmap pcxtopbm.c convert from PC paintbrush format to portable bitmap rasttopbm.c convert from Sun raster to portable bitmap tifftopbm.c convert from TIFF format to portable bitmap xbmtopbm.c convert from X10 or X11 bitmap to portable bitmap xwdtopbm.c convert from X10 or X11 window dump to portable bitmap xxxtopbm.c convert from UNKNOWN BITMAP to portable bitmap pbmtoascii.c convert from portable bitmap to ASCII graphic form pbmtocbm.c convert from portable bitmap to compact bitmap pbmtogo.c convert from portable bitmap to GraphOn graphics pbmtoicon.c convert from portable bitmap to Sun icon pbmtolj.c convert from portable bitmap to HP LaserJet pbmtomacp.c convert from portable bitmap to MacPaint pbmtops.c convert from portable bitmap to PostScript pbmtoptx.c convert from portable bitmap to Printronix pbmtorast.c convert from portable bitmap to Sun raster pbmtoxbm.c convert from portable bitmap to X11 bitmap pbmtox10bm.c convert from portable bitmap to X10 bitmap pbmtoxwd.c convert from portable bitmap to X11 window dump pbmtox10wd.c convert from portable bitmap to X10 window dump pbmcatlr.c concatenate portable bitmaps left to right pbmcattb.c concatenate portable bitmaps top to bottom pbmcrop.c crop a portable bitmap pbmcut.c cut a rectangle out of a portable bitmap pbmenlarge.c enlarge a portable bitmap N times pbmfliplr.c flip a portable bitmap left for right pbmfliptb.c flip a portable bitmap top for bottom pbminvert.c invert a portable bitmap pbmmake.c create a blank bitmap of a specified size pbmpaste.c paste a rectangle into a portable bitmap pbmreduce.c reduce a portable bitmap N times, using Floyd-Steinberg pbmtrnspos.c transpose a portable bitmap x for y libpbm[1-5].c a few utility routines pbm.h header file for libpbm libpbm.h internal header file for libpbm macp.h definitions for MacPaint files tiff.h definitions for TIFF files x10wd.h definitions for X10 window dumps x11wd.h definitions for X11 window dumps bmaliases csh script to make aliases for converting formats *.1 manual entries for all of the tools pbm.5 manual entry for the pbm format bitreverse.h useful include file Jef Poskanzer jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov {ucbvax, lll-crg, sun!pacbell, apple, hplabs}!well!pokey
jef@helios.ee.lbl.gov (Jef Poskanzer) (01/04/89)
In the referenced message, I wrote: > It is also available >via anonymous FTP from expo.lcs.mit.edu (18.72.0.126) as >contrib/pbm.tar.Z. Oops, wrong IP address. It should be 18.72.0.212. --- Jef Jef Poskanzer jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov ...well!pokey