Ubuntu Manpage: img-bmp - Img, Windows Bitmap Format (bmp)

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NAME

       img-bmp - Img, Windows Bitmap Format (bmp)

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tk

       package require img::bmp  ?1.4?

       image create photo ?name? ?options?

DESCRIPTION

       The  package  img::bmp 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::bmp.

       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 Windows Bitmap
       Format (bmp). More specifically img::bmp extends Tk's photo image type.

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

       All of the above means that in a call like

       image create photo ?name? ?options?

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

       [2]    The format name bmp 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 BMP OPTIONS.

BMP OPTIONS

The handler provides an option to influence the writing of a BMP image.

-resolution res
The display resulation and/or aspect ratio property of the outputted bmp file may
be set using this option. The default values are an x and y resolution of 74 dpi.
res is a list of 2 or 3 elements and may have one of the following formats. The
values xres, yres and unit are specified after the formats.

res = xres unit
Set the same resolution for x and y. Example: Write image with a resolution
of 300dpi:
img write out.bmp -format {bmp -resolution {300 i}}

res = xres yres
Set the aspect ratio only. The x resolution remains to the default value
74dpi, as the bmp format does not allow to specify the aspect ratio only.
The y resolution is set to 74*yres/xres. Example: Write image with an
aspect ratio of 1/3:
img write out.bmp -format {bmp -resolution {1 3}}

res = xres yres unit
Set an independent resolution for x and y direction. Example: Write image
with a resolution of x=300dpi and y=150dpi:
img write out.bmp -format {bmp -resolution {300 100 i}}

The used parameters are:

float xres (input)
The output resolution in x direction as a float number.

float yres (input)
The output resolution in x direction as a float number.

string unit (input)
Unit of the given resolution numbers similar to Tk_GetPixel. Possible units
are:

c pixel per centimeter.

m pixel per meter.

i pixel per inch.

p pixel per inch/72 (Printer points).

KEYWORDS

       bmp, image handling, tk

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