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From: Harry Mason <spamblock@no.spam>
Subject: Re: Gif to Ascii Converter
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:03:58 GMT, Faux_Pseudo <Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL>
wrote:
>  The problem with apps like pbmtoascii is that I always seem to be
>  lacking a converstion program somehere in teh pipe.
>  How do I get to the pbm file?  I have not found a jpegtopbm or
>  giftopbm app.  I can get a gif to a pnm...

I think giftopnm generates either ppm or pgm files, depending on the palette in
the input file. You can then pipe the result through ppmtopgm, then pgmtopbm
and pbmtoascii.

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Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)