NAME

       img-sun - Img, Sun Raster Format (sun)

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tk

       package require img::sun  ?1.4?

       image create photo ?name? ?options?

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DESCRIPTION

       The  package  img::sun is a sub-package of Img. It can be loaded as a part of the complete
       Img support, via package require Img, or on its own, via package require img::sun.

       Like all packages of Img it does not provide new commands, but  extends  the  existing  Tk
       command  image so that it supports files containing raster images in the Sun Raster Format
       (sun). More specifically img::sun extends Tk's photo image type.

       The name of the  new  format  handler  is  sun.   This  handler  provides  new  additional
       configuration options. See section SUN OPTIONS for more detailed explanations.

       All of the above means that in a call like

       image create photo ?name? ?options?

       [1]    Image data in sun format (options -data and -file) is detected automatically.

       [2]    The format name sun is recognized by the option -format.  In addition the value for
              the option is treated as list and may contain any of the special options listed  in
              section SUN OPTIONS.

SUPPORTED SUN TYPES

                1-bit pixels: Black and White.
                8-bit pixels: Grayscale or indexed.
               24-bit pixels: True-color (RGB, each channel 8 bit).
               32-bit pixels: True-color with alpha channel (RGBA, each channel 8 bit).

               List of currently supported features:

               Type   |     Read      |     Write     |
                      | -file | -data | -file | -data |
               ----------------------------------------
                1-bit | Yes   | Yes   | No    | No    |
                8-bit | Yes   | Yes   | No    | No    |
               24-bit | Yes   | Yes   | Yes   | Yes   |
               32-bit | Yes   | Yes   | Yes   | Yes   |

               All images types may be either uncompressed or run-length encoded.

SUN OPTIONS

       The handler provides the following options:

       -verbose bool
              This option is supported for reading and writing.

              If  set to true, additional information about the loaded/stored image is printed to
              stdout. Default is false.

       -compression type
              This option is supported for writing only.

              Set the compression mode to either none or rle.  Default is rle.

       -matte bool
              This option is supported for reading and writing.

              If set to false, a matte (alpha) channel is  ignored  during  reading  or  writing.
              Default is true.

SEE ALSO

       img-bmp,  img-dted,  img-gif,  img-ico, img-intro, img-jpeg, img-pcx, img-pixmap, img-png,
       img-ppm, img-ps, img-raw, img-sgi, img-sun, img-tga, img-tiff, img-window,  img-xbm,  img-
       xpm

KEYWORDS

       image handling, sun, tk

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 1995-2009 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>