bam@cs.cmu.edu (Brad Myers) (04/20/91)
I am trying to display a color X bitmap from xwd on a Mac. I can convert the xwd file to a ppm file, but there doesn't seem to be ppmtoMac kind of program. I hoped to get a pict file or something that I could display in standard Macintosh programs like PowerPoint or SuperPaint. Is there any way to do this? Thanks for your help. Brad Myers bam@cs.cmu.edu
v0549@gravity.cray.com (#Bill Kamp/MetaComp Resp. Marty Storma) (04/25/91)
In article <1991Apr19.195747.26867@cs.cmu.edu> bam@cs.cmu.edu (Brad Myers) writes: >I am trying to display a color X bitmap from xwd on a Mac. I can convert the >xwd file to a ppm file, but there doesn't seem to be ppmtoMac kind of >program. I hoped to get a pict file or something that I could display in >standard Macintosh programs like PowerPoint or SuperPaint. Is there any >way to do this? > >Brad Myers >bam@cs.cmu.edu Yes, use the ppm modules ppmtogif or ppmtoilbm, e.g. xwdtoppm $1 | ppmtogif > $1:r.gif then transfer the result as a binary to the mac. You can use AdobePhotoShop to view the gif and ilbm formats. You can use any of several shareware programs to view gif: GIFConverter, Giffer are both on Compuserve, etc. Once you have the gif or ilbm file displayed, copying it to the scrapbook will convert it to a pict format, suitable for use in almost all applications. Bill Kamp