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ppmtoxpm

Convert a PPM image to an X11 version 3 pixmap.

TLDR

Convert a PPM image to a XPM image

$ ppmtoxpm [path/to/input_file.ppm] > [path/to/output_file.xpm]
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Specify the prefix string in the output XPM image
$ ppmtoxpm -name [prefix_string] [path/to/input_file.ppm] > [path/to/output_file.xpm]
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In the output XPM file, specify colors by their hexadecimal code instead of their name
$ ppmtoxpm -hexonly [path/to/input_file.ppm] > [path/to/output_file.xpm]
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Use the specified PGM file as a transparency mask
$ ppmtoxpm -alphamask [path/to/alpha_file.pgm] [path/to/input_file.ppm] > [path/to/output_file.xpm]
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