.TH ppmmake 1 "24 September 1991"
.IX ppmmake
.SH NAME
ppmmake - create a pixmap of a specified size
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ppmmake
.I color width height
.SH DESCRIPTION
Produces a portable pixmap of the specified color, width, and height.
.IX "generating pixmaps"
.PP
The color can be specified in five ways:
.IX "specifying colors"
.TP 
o
A name, assuming
that a pointer to an X11-style color names file was compiled in.
.TP 
o
An X11-style hexadecimal specifier: rgb:r/g/b, where r g and b are
each 1- to 4-digit hexadecimal numbers.
.TP 
o
An X11-style decimal specifier: rgbi:r/g/b, where r g and b are
floating point numbers between 0 and 1.
.TP 
o
For backwards compatibility, an old-X11-style hexadecimal
number: #rgb, #rrggbb, #rrrgggbbb, or #rrrrggggbbbb.
.TP 
o
For backwards compatibility, a triplet of numbers
separated by commas: r,g,b, where r g and b are
floating point numbers between 0 and 1.
(This style was added before MIT came up with the similar rgbi style.)
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ppm(5), pbmmake(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.
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