redhat man page for ppmtowinicon

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)