tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) (04/11/90)
Ok .. Here is what I did.
"xwd -root >/tmp/root.xwd" (I tried the -xy option as well)
At the time, I was running the SYS V 386 server in 800x600x16 color mode.
The resulting ".xwd" file was to be converted to a GIF.
neither the origional "xwdtopbm" or the one supplied by ISC with my MOTIF
system handle that file! (I want to go xwdtopbm | pbmtogif)
The error is "cannot handle bitplanes !=1" !
Does anyone have a converter that will handle color xwd files ??
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****************************************************************************brian@padouk.ima.isc.com (Brian R. Holt) (04/11/90)
In article <26221e16:57comp.windows.x@tronsbox.UUCP>, tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) writes: |> "xwd -root >/tmp/root.xwd" (I tried the -xy option as well) |> |> neither the origional "xwdtopbm" or the one supplied by ISC with my MOTIF |> system handle that file! (I want to go xwdtopbm | pbmtogif) |> |> The error is "cannot handle bitplanes !=1" ! Yup, that's what I said. You will need to get the pbmplus package (from expo.lcs.mit.edu), and then use the xwdtoppm to convert it to a portable pixmap file. Then, you can use ppmtogif to convert it to gif. pbm is for monochrome bitmaps only. ppm can handle color pixmaps. Email brian@ima.isc.com "Dancing is not allowed in the Ballroom." Phone 617-661-7474 x206 Longfellow's Wayside Inn, 1990 Fax 617-661-2070 near the last bend in the Charles River
jef@well.sf.ca.us (Jef Poskanzer) (04/11/90)
In the referenced message, tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) wrote: }neither the origional "xwdtopbm" or the one supplied by ISC with my MOTIF }system handle that file! (I want to go xwdtopbm | pbmtogif) }The error is "cannot handle bitplanes !=1" ! }Does anyone have a converter that will handle color xwd files ?? Gee, did you try xwdtopPm? --- Jef Jef Poskanzer jef@well.sf.ca.us {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!jef "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw
ries@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Marc Ries) (04/13/90)
In article <26221e16:57comp.windows.x@tronsbox.UUCP> tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) writes: >Ok .. Here is what I did. >"xwd -root >/tmp/root.xwd" (I tried the -xy option as well) >At the time, I was running the SYS V 386 server in 800x600x16 color mode. >The resulting ".xwd" file was to be converted to a GIF. >neither the origional "xwdtopbm" or the one supplied by ISC with my MOTIF >system handle that file! (I want to go xwdtopbm | pbmtogif) >The error is "cannot handle bitplanes !=1" ! >Does anyone have a converter that will handle color xwd files ?? Along the same lines, I wanted to get some HP Motif screen dumps into a PC-based document, via: xwd -root | xwdtoppm | ppmtogif > xwd.gif I transferred the resulting file (without mods) to a floppy via the HP300 Dos floppy sub-system. On my PC, neither Hijaak or Grafwk would do anything with them (Hijaak giving an file error message and Grafwk reading the file but not displaying any picture). I checked the headers of the gif files and they "looked" GIF87-ish and where about the right size (40-60K). Any ideas? -- Marc Ries ries@venice.sedd.trw.com (ARPA) somewhere!trwind!venice!ries (UUCP) #include <std.disclaimer>
rmtodd@servalan.uucp (Richard Todd) (04/13/90)
ries@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Marc Ries) writes: > Along the same lines, I wanted to get some HP Motif screen dumps > into a PC-based document, via: > xwd -root | xwdtoppm | ppmtogif > xwd.gif > On my PC, neither Hijaak or Grafwk would do anything with them (Hijaak giving > an file error message and Grafwk reading the file but not displaying > any picture). I checked the headers of the gif files and they "looked" > GIF87-ish and where about the right size (40-60K). Hmm, that's interesting. By "not displaying any picture" do you mean you see nothing but a big black void where you'd expect the image to be? I've been having the same problem with ppmtogif-created pictures on my Mac. Both xloadimage (patchlevel 3, yeah I know I probably oughta upgrade), and Vision Lab Demo show a completely black image when displaying an image I created with ppmtogif. It's looking like there may be a bug in ppmtogif somewhere, or at least a subtle incompatibility with many GIF-handling programs. Alas, I don't understand GIF format well enough to try and debug this.... -- Richard Todd rmtodd@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu rmtodd@chinet.chi.il.us rmtodd@servalan.uucp Motorola Skates On Intel's Head!