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read-notepad

read-notepad(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   read-notepad(1)

NAME

       read-notepad  -	Connect  to  the Palm handheld device and list the record information found in the Notepad application. Alternately, if no
       options are given, each record's image will be converted to files, using Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm)  format.
       The default type is ppm.

SYNOPSIS

       read-notepad -p <port> --list --type <type>

DESCRIPTION

       read-notepad allows a PalmOS 4.0 or later user to read the data stored in the Palm Notepad application and extract the data into images and
       convert them to Portable Network Graphics (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm) files.

   OPTIONS
       -p --port <port>
	      Use device file port to communicate with the Palm handheld device. If this is not specified, will look for the  $PILOTPORT  environ-
	      ment variable. If both are not found, will fall back to /dev/pilot.

       -h --help
	      Display help synopsis for read-notepad

       -v --version
	      Display version of read-notepad

       -l --list
	      List picture information found on the device instead of converting them to image files

       -t --type <type>
	      Specify the output picture type. Can be either "png" or "ppm".

USAGE

       The  program will connect to the target Palm handheld device, and list or convert the records and images found in the Palm Notepad applica-
       tion to Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm) files.

KNOWN BUGS

       read-notepad has no known bugs.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs at http://bugs.pilot-link.org/

AUTHOR

       read-notepad was written by Angus Ainslie <angusa@deltatee.com>.

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