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Old 03-31-2009
CPU & Memory Manpower 2.1
ImageAbout Manpower
A Mac OS X graphical user interface to the main system of Unix software documentation, the man page. Man pages are concise but thorough descriptions of the functionality and methods of the various Unix command-line programs; there may be hundreds of such programs installed on a Unix or Linux system. Man pages are typically accessed in the Unix terminal by typing the phrase “man program,” with “program” being the specific name of the Unix tool you are trying to learn more about.

While accessing the man page system in this manner is efficient, it has limitations. It is difficult to read documentation in the Unix console; the type is usually very small, and can only be read one screen at a time, making scrolling and skimming through the material a tedious process. Manpower provides a simple, elegant three-pane interface that makes reading man pages as easy as reading e-mail. Many more features.

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macptopbm

macptopbm(1)                                                  General Commands Manual                                                 macptopbm(1)

NAME

       macptopbm - convert a MacPaint file into a portable bitmap

SYNOPSIS

       macptopbm [-extraskip N] [macpfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Reads a MacPaint file as input.  Produces a portable bitmap as output.

OPTIONS

       -extraskip
              This  flag  is  to get around a problem with some methods of transferring files from the Mac world to the Unix world.  Most of these
              methods leave the Mac files alone, but a few of them add the "finderinfo" data onto the front of the Unix file.  This means an extra
              128  bytes  to  skip over when reading the file.  The symptom to watch for is that the resulting PBM file looks shifted to one side.
              If you get this, try -extraskip 128, and if that still doesn't look right try another value.

       All flags can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.

SEE ALSO

       picttoppm(1), pbmtomacp(1), pbm(5)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 1988 by Jef Poskanzer.  The MacPaint-reading code is copyright (c) 1987 by Patrick J. Naughton (naughton@wind.sun.com).

                                                                   29 March 1989                                                      macptopbm(1)