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NAME
libpnm - libnetpbm functions to read and write PNM image files
SYNOPSIS
#include <netpbm/pnm.h>
void pnm_init( int *argcP, char *argv[] );
xel ** pnm_allocarray( int cols, int rows);
xel * pnm_allocrow( int cols);
void pnm_freearray( xel **xels, int rows);
void pnm_freerow( xel *xelrow);
void pnm_readpnminit( FILE *fp, int *colsP, int *rowsP, xelval *maxvalP, int *formatP );
void pnm_readpnmrow( FILE *fp, xel *xelrow, int cols, xelval maxval, int format );
xel ** pnm_readpnm( FILE *fp, int *colsP, int *rowsP, xelval *maxvalP, int* formatP );
void pnm_writepnminit( FILE * fp , int cols, int rows, xelval maxval, int format, int
forceplain);
void pnm_writepnmrow( FILE *fp, xel *xelrow, int cols, xelval maxval, int format, int
forceplain );
void pnm_writepnm( FILE *fp, xel ** xels, int cols, int rows, xelval maxval, int format,
int forceplain );
void pnm_nextimage(FILE * file,
int * const eofP);
void pnm_check( FILE * file, const enum pm_check_type check_type, const int format, const
int cols, const int rows, const xelval maxval, enum pm_check_code *retvalP);
void pnm_promoteformatrow( xel *xelrow, int cols, xelval maxval, int format, xelval
newmaxval, int newformat);
void pnm_promoteformat( xel **xels, int cols, xelval maxval, int format, xelval newmaxval,
int newformat);
xel pnm_whitexel( xelval maxval, int format);
xel pnm_blackxel( xelval maxval, int format);
void pnm_invertxel( xel *x, xelval maxval, int format);
xel pnm_backgroundxelrow( xel *xelrow, int cols, xelval maxval, int format);
xel pnm_backgroundxel( xel **xels, int cols, int rows, xelval maxval, int format);
typedef ... xelval;
typedef ... xel;
#define PNM_ASSIGN1(x,v) ...
#define PNM_GET1(x) ...
#define PNM_EQUAL(x,y) ...
#define PNM_FORMAT_TYPE(format) ...
DESCRIPTION
These library functions are part of Netpbm(1).
TYPES AND CONSTANTS
Each xel contains three xelvals, each of which should contain only the values between 0
and PNM_MAXMAXVAL, inclusive.
XEL MANIPULATIONS
The PNM_GET1 macro extracts a single value from an xel, when ou know it's from a PBM or
PGM file. When it's from a PPM file, use PPM_GETR(), PPM_GETG(), and PPM_GETB().
The PNM_ASSIGN1 macro assigns a single value to an xel, when you know it's from a PBM or
PGM file. When it's from a PPM file, use PPM_ASSIGN.
The PNM_EQUAL macro checks two xels for equality. The PNM_FORMAT_TYPE macro computes a
format type code from a format code. The format types are PBM, PGM, PPM, and PAM. But
note that PBM, PGM, and PPM each are two different formats: a plain one and a raw one. So
there are four format types, but seven formats. PNM_FORMAT_TYPE does not work on the PAM
format code.
pnm_whitexel() and pnm_blackxel() return a white or black xel, respectively, for the given
maxval and format.
pnm_invertxel() inverts an xel.
INITIALIZATION
pnm_init() is obsolete (at least since Netpbm 9.25 (March 2002)). Use pm_proginit()
⟨libpm.html#initialization⟩ instead.
pnm_init() is identical to pm_proginit.
MEMORY MANAGEMENT
pnm_allocarray() allocates space for an array of xels. pnm_freearray() frees an array
space allocated by pnm_allocarray() or pnm_readpnm().
pnm_allocrow() allocates space for a row of a PNM image. pnm_freerow() frees it.
READING PNM FILES
pnm_readpnminit() is similar to pnm_readpaminit(), but reads only PNM images and has a
different parameter list.
pnm_readpnmrow() is similar to pnm_readpamrow() but only works on PNM images and has a
different parameter list and returns the row as an array of xels instead of tuples.
pnm_readpnm() is similar to pnm_readpam() except that it reads only PNM images and uses a
different parameter list and returns an array of rows such that pnm_readpnmrow() would
return rather than such that pnm_readpamrow() would return.
WRITING FILES
pnm_writepnminit() is similar to pnm_writepaminit() except that it can write only a PNM
header and has a different parameter list.
forceplain is a binary value. True (nonzero) means to write the image in the plain
(ASCII) version of the selected format. False (zero) means to write it in the raw
(binary) version of the selected format. See PNM format specification(1).
pnm_writepnmrow() is similar to pnm_writepamrow() except that it works only on PNM images
and has a different parameter list and takes an array of xels instead of an array of
tuples. See the description of forceplain above.
pnm_writepnm() is similar to pnm_writepam() except that it works only on PNM image, has a
different parameter list, and takes an array of rows of xels instead of an array of rows
of tuples. See the description of forceplain above.
FORMAT PROMOTION
pnm_promoteformatrow() promotes a row of xels from one maxval and format to a new set.
Use this when you are combining multiple anymaps of different types - just take the
maximum of the maxvals and the maximum of the formats, and promote them all to that.
pnm_promoteformat() promotes an entire anymap.
MISCELLANEOUS
pnm_nextimage() positions a PNM input file to the next image in it (so that a subsequent
pnm_readpnminit() reads its header).
pnm_nextimage() is analogous to pbm_nextimage(), but works on PPM, PGM, and PBM files.
pnm_check() is similar to pnm_checkpam() except it works only on PNM images.
pnm_check() is identical to ppm_check().
pnm_backgroundxelrow() figures out an appropriate background xel based on the row of xels
xelrow, which is cols xels wide, has maxval maxval, and represents an image with format
format.
This estimate works best when the row is the top or bottom row of the image.
pnm_backgroundxel() does the same thing as pnm_backgroundxelrow(), except based on an
entire image instead of just one row. This tends to do a slightly better job than
pnmbackgroundxelrow().
SEE ALSO
Libnetpbm(1), Libnetpbm User's Guide(1), Libnetpbm Directory(1), pbm(1), pgm(1), ppm(1),
pam(1), libpbm(1), libpgm(1), libppm(1)
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 by Tony Hansen and Jef Poskanzer.
DOCUMENT SOURCE
This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source. The master
documentation is at
http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/libpnm.html