ppmtowinicon(1) General Commands Manual ppmtowinicon(1)
NAME
ppmtowinicon - convert 1 or more portable pixmaps into a Windows .ico file
SYNOPSIS
ppmtowinicon [-andppms] [-output output.ico] [ppmfiles...]
DESCRIPTION
Reads one or more portable pixmaps as input. Produces a Microsoft Windows .ico file as output.
A Windows icon contains 1 or more images, at different resolutions and color depths.
Microsoft recommends including at least the following formats in each icon.
16 x 16 - 4 bpp
32 x 32 - 4 bpp
48 x 48 - 8 bpp
Default I/O is STDIN/STDOUT.
OPTIONS
-andppms
If this option is given, every other file is read as a bitmask to be used by windows for transparancy data for the previous image.
(These are set to blank by default.)
-output output.ico
File to write. By default, the icon is written to stdout.
SEE ALSO
winicontoppm(1), ppm(5)
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2000 by Lee Benfield.
22 May 2000 ppmtowinicon(1)
