bitmap(1)


NAME

   bitmap,  bmtoa, atobm - bitmap editor and converter utilities for the X
   Window System

SYNOPSIS

   bitmap [ -options ... ] [ filename ] [ basename ]

   bmtoa [ -chars ... ] [ filename ]

   atobm [ -chars cc ] [ -name variable ] [ -xhot number ] [ -yhot  number
   ] [ filename ]

DESCRIPTION

   The  bitmap  program  is  a  rudimentary  tool  for creating or editing
   rectangular images made up of 1's and 0's.  Bitmaps are used in  X  for
   defining  clipping  regions,  cursor  shapes, icon shapes, and tile and
   stipple patterns.

   The bmtoa and atobm filters convert bitmap files (FILE FORMAT)  to  and
   from  ASCII  strings.  They are most commonly used to quickly print out
   bitmaps and to generate versions for including in text.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

   Bitmap supports the standard X  Toolkit  command  line  arguments  (see
   X(7)).  The following additional arguments are supported as well.

   -size WIDTHxHEIGHT
       Specifies size of the grid in squares.

   -sw dimension
       Specifies the width of squares in pixels.

   -sh dimension
       Specifies the height of squares in pixels.

   -gt dimension
       Grid  tolerance.  If the square dimensions fall below the specified
       value, grid will be automatically turned off.

   -grid, +grid
       Turns on or off the grid lines.

   -axes, +axes
       Turns on or off the major axes.

   -dashed, +dashed
       Turns on or off dashing for the frame and grid lines.

   -stippled, +stippled
       Turns on or off stippling of highlighted squares.

   -proportional, +proportional
       Turns proportional mode on or off.  If  proportional  mode  is  on,
       square  width  is  equal to square height.  If proportional mode is
       off, bitmap will use the smaller square  dimension,  if  they  were
       initially different.

   -dashes filename
       Specifies the bitmap to be used as a stipple for dashing.

   -stipple filename
       Specifies the bitmap to be used as a stipple for highlighting.

   -hl color
       Specifies the color used for highlighting.

   -fr color
       Specifies the color used for the frame and grid lines.

   filename
       Specifies  the  bitmap to be initially loaded into the program.  If
       the file does not exist, bitmap will assume it is a new file.

   basename
       Specifies the basename to be used in the C code output file.  If it
       is  different  than  the  basename in the working file, bitmap will
       change it when saving the file.

   Bmtoa accepts the following option:

   -chars cc
       This option specifies the pair of characters to use in  the  string
       version  of the bitmap.  The first character is used for 0 bits and
       the second character is used for 1 bits.  The  default  is  to  use
       dashes (-) for 0's and sharp signs (#) for 1's.

   Atobm accepts the following options:

   -chars cc
       This option specifies the pair of characters to use when converting
       string  bitmaps  into  arrays  of  numbers.   The  first  character
       represents  a  0  bit  and the second character represents a 1 bit.
       The default is to use dashes (-) for 0's and sharp  signs  (#)  for
       1's.

   -name variable
       This option specifies the variable name to be used when writing out
       the bitmap file.  The  default  is  to  use  the  basename  of  the
       filename  command  line  argument or leave it blank if the standard
       input is read.

   -xhot number
       This option specifies  the  X  coordinate  of  the  hotspot.   Only
       positive values are allowed.  By default, no hotspot information is
       included.

   -yhot number
       This option specifies  the  Y  coordinate  of  the  hotspot.   Only
       positive values are allowed.  By default, no hotspot information is
       included.

USAGE

   Bitmap displays grid in which each square represents a  single  bit  in
   the picture being edited.  Actual size of the bitmap image, as it would
   appear normally and inverted, can be obtained by pressing  Meta-I  key.
   You  are  free  to  move  the  image  popup  out of the way to continue
   editing.  Pressing the left mouse button in the popup window or  Meta-I
   again will remove the real size bitmap image.

   If  the  bitmap is to be used for defining a cursor, one of the squares
   in the images may be designated as the hot spot.  This determines where
   the  cursor is actually pointing.  For cursors with sharp tips (such as
   arrows or fingers), this  is  usually  at  the  end  of  the  tip;  for
   symmetric  cursors  (such  as crosses or bullseyes), this is usually at
   the center.

   Bitmaps are stored as small C code fragments suitable for including  in
   applications.   They  provide  an  array  of  bits  as well as symbolic
   constants giving the width, height, and hot spot  (if  specified)  that
   may be used in creating cursors, icons, and tiles.

EDITING

   To  edit a bitmap image simply click on one of the buttons with drawing
   commands (Point, Curve, Line, Rectangle, etc.)  and  move  the  pointer
   into  the  bitmap  grid window.  Press one of the buttons on your mouse
   and the appropriate action will take place.  You can either set,  clear
   or  invert  the  gird  squares.   Setting  a grid square corresponds to
   setting a bit in the  bitmap  image  to  1.   Clearing  a  grid  square
   corresponds  to  setting  a  bit in the bitmap image to 0.  Inverting a
   grid square corresponds to changing a bit in the bitmap image from 0 to
   1  or  1  to  0,  depending  what  its previous state was.  The default
   behavior of mouse buttons is as specified below.

             MouseButton1        Set
             MouseButton2        Invert
             MouseButton3        Clear
             MouseButton4        Clear
             MouseButton5        Clear

   This default behavior can be changed by  setting  the  button  function
   resources.  An example is provided below.

             bitmap*button1Function: Set
             bitmap*button2Function: Clear
             bitmap*button3Function: Invert
             etc.

   The button function applies to all drawing commands, including copying,
   moving and pasting, flood filling and setting the hot spot.

DRAWING COMMANDS

   Here is the list of drawing commands accessible through the buttons  at
   the  left  side  of  the  application's  window.   Some commands can be
   aborted by pressing A inside the bitmap window, allowing  the  user  to
   select different guiding points where applicable.

   Clear
       This command clears all bits in the bitmap image.  The grid squares
       will be set to the background color.  Pressing C inside the  bitmap
       window has the same effect.

   Set This  command  sets all bits in the bitmap image.  The grid squares
       will be set to the foreground color.  Pressing S inside the  bitmap
       window has the same effect.

   Invert
       This  command  inverts  all  bits  in  the  bitmap image.  The grid
       squares will be inverted  appropriately.   Pressing  I  inside  the
       bitmap window has the same effect.

   Mark
       This  command is used to mark an area of the grid by dragging out a
       rectangular shape in the highlighting  color.   Once  the  area  is
       marked,  it  can  be  operated  on by a number of commands (see Up,
       Down, Left, Right, Rotate, Flip, Cut, etc.)  Only one  marked  area
       can  be  present at any time.  If you attempt to mark another area,
       the old mark will vanish.  The  same  effect  can  be  achieved  by
       pressing  Shift-MouseButton1  and  dragging  out a rectangle in the
       grid window.  Pressing Shift-MouseButton2 will mark the entire grid
       area.

   Unmark
       This command will cause the marked area to vanish.  The same effect
       can be achieved by pressing Shift-MouseButton3.

   Copy
       This command is used to copy an area of the grid from one  location
       to  another.   If  there  is  no  marked  grid area displayed, Copy
       behaves just like Mark described above.  Once  there  is  a  marked
       grid area displayed in the highlighting color, this command has two
       alternative behaviors.  If you click  a  mouse  button  inside  the
       marked area, you will be able to drag the rectangle that represents
       the marked area to the desired location.   After  you  release  the
       mouse  button,  the  area will be copied.  If you click outside the
       marked area, Copy will assume that you wish  to  mark  a  different
       region of the bitmap image, thus it will behave like Mark again.

   Move
       This  command is used to move an area of the grid from one location
       to another.  Its behavior resembles the behavior of  Copy  command,
       except that the marked area will be moved instead of copied.

   Flip Horizontally
       This  command  will  flip  the  bitmap  image  with  respect to the
       horizontal axes.  If a marked area of the grid is  highlighted,  it
       will  operate  only  inside the marked area.  Pressing H inside the
       bitmap window has the same effect.

   Up  This command moves the bitmap image one pixel up.  If a marked area
       of  the grid is highlighted, it will operate only inside the marked
       area.  Pressing UpArrow inside  the  bitmap  window  has  the  same
       effect.

   Flip Vertically
       This  command  will  flip  the  bitmap  image  with  respect to the
       vertical axes.  If a marked area of the  grid  is  highlighted,  it
       will  operate  only  inside the marked area.  Pressing V inside the
       bitmap window has the same effect.

   Left
       This command moves the bitmap image one pixel to the  left.   If  a
       marked area of the grid is highlighted, it will operate only inside
       the marked area.  Pressing LeftArrow inside the bitmap  window  has
       the same effect.

   Fold
       This  command  will  fold  the  bitmap  image  so that the opposite
       corners become adjacent.   This  is  useful  when  creating  bitmap
       images  for  tiling.   Pressing  F inside the bitmap window has the
       same effect.

   Right
       This command moves the bitmap image one pixel to the right.   If  a
       marked area of the grid is highlighted, it will operate only inside
       the marked area.  Pressing RightArrow inside the bitmap window  has
       the same effect.

   Rotate Left
       This  command  rotates  the  bitmap  image  90  degrees to the left
       (counter clockwise.)  If a marked area of the grid is  highlighted,
       it will operate only inside the marked area.  Pressing L inside the
       bitmap window has the same effect.

   Down
       This command moves the bitmap image one pixel down.   If  a  marked
       area  of  the  grid is highlighted, it will operate only inside the
       marked area.  Pressing DownArrow inside the bitmap window  has  the
       same effect.

   Rotate Right
       This  command  rotates  the  bitmap  image  90 degrees to the right
       (clockwise.)  If a marked area of the grid is highlighted, it  will
       operate  only inside the marked area.  Pressing R inside the bitmap
       window has the same effect.

   Point
       This command will change the  grid  squares  underneath  the  mouse
       pointer  if  a mouse button is being pressed down.  If you drag the
       mouse  button  continuously,  the  line  may  not  be   continuous,
       depending on the speed of your system and frequency of mouse motion
       events.

   Curve
       This command will change the  grid  squares  underneath  the  mouse
       pointer  if  a mouse button is being pressed down.  If you drag the
       mouse button continuously, it will  make  sure  that  the  line  is
       continuous.   If  your  system  is slow or bitmap receives very few
       mouse motion events, it might behave quite strangely.

   Line
       This command will change the gird squares in  a  line  between  two
       squares.   Once you press a mouse button in the grid window, bitmap
       will highlight the line from the square where the mouse button  was
       initially pressed to the square where the mouse pointer is located.
       By releasing the mouse button you will cause  the  change  to  take
       effect, and the highlighted line will disappear.

   Rectangle
       This  command  will  change the gird squares in a rectangle between
       two squares.  Once you press a mouse button  in  the  grid  window,
       bitmap will highlight the rectangle from the square where the mouse
       button was initially pressed to the square where the mouse  pointer
       is  located.   By  releasing  the  mouse  button you will cause the
       change  to  take  effect,  and  the  highlighted   rectangle   will
       disappear.

   Filled Rectangle
       This  command  is  identical  to  Rectangle,  except at the end the
       rectangle will be filled rather than outlined.

   Circle
       This command will change the gird squares in a circle  between  two
       squares.   Once you press a mouse button in the grid window, bitmap
       will highlight the circle from the square where  the  mouse  button
       was  initially  pressed  to  the  square where the mouse pointer is
       located.  By releasing the mouse button you will cause  the  change
       to take effect, and the highlighted circle will disappear.

   Filled Circle
       This  command  is identical to Circle, except at the end the circle
       will be filled rather than outlined.

   Flood Fill
       This command will flood fill  the  connected  area  underneath  the
       mouse  pointer  when  you  click on the desired square.  Diagonally
       adjacent squares are not considered to be connected.

   Set Hot Spot
       This command designates one square in the grid as the hot  spot  if
       this  bitmap image is to be used for defining a cursor.  Pressing a
       mouse button in the desired square will cause a diamond shape to be
       displayed.

   Clear Hot Spot
       This command removes any designated hot spot from the bitmap image.

   Undo
       This  command  will  undo  the last executed command.  It has depth
       one, that is, pressing Undo after Undo will undo itself.

FILE MENU

   The File menu commands can be accessed by pressing the File button  and
   selecting  the  appropriate  menu  entry,  or by pressing Ctrl key with
   another  key.   These  commands  deal  with  files  and  global  bitmap
   parameters, such as size, basename, filename etc.

   New This command will clear the editing area and prompt for the name of
       the new file to be edited.  It will not load in the new file.

   Load
       This command is used to load a new  bitmap  file  into  the  bitmap
       editor.   If  the  current  image  has not been saved, user will be
       asked whether to save or ignore the changes.  The editor  can  edit
       only  one  file  at a time.  If you need interactive editing, run a
       number of editors and use cut  and  paste  mechanism  as  described
       below.

   Insert
       This  command  is used to insert a bitmap file into the image being
       currently edited.  After being prompted  for  the  filename,  click
       inside  the  grid  window  and  drag  the outlined rectangle to the
       location where you want to insert the new file.

   Save
       This command will save the bitmap image.  It will  not  prompt  for
       the  filename  unless  it  is  said to be <none>.  If you leave the
       filename undesignated or -, the output will be piped to stdout.

   Save As
       This command will save the bitmap image after prompting for  a  new
       filename.  It should be used if you want to change the filename.

   Resize
       This  command  is used to resize the editing area to the new number
       of pixels.  The size should be entered in the WIDTHxHEIGHT  format.
       The  information  in the image being edited will not be lost unless
       the new size is smaller that the current image  size.   The  editor
       was not designed to edit huge files.

   Rescale
       This  command  is used to rescale the editing area to the new width
       and height.  The size should be entered in the WIDTHxHEIGHT format.
       It  will  not  do  antialiasing and information will be lost if you
       rescale to the smaller sizes.  Feel free to add you own  algorithms
       for better rescaling.

   Filename
       This  command  is  used to change the filename without changing the
       basename nor saving the file.  If you specify - for a filename, the
       output will be piped to stdout.

   Basename
       This  command  is  used  to change the basename, if a different one
       from the specified filename is desired.

   Quit
       This command will terminate the bitmap application.   If  the  file
       was  not saved, user will be prompted and asked whether to save the
       image or not.  This command is preferred over killing the process.

EDIT MENU

   The Edit menu commands can be accessed by pressing the Edit button  and
   selecting  the  appropriate  menu  entry,  or by pressing Meta key with
   another key.  These commands deal with editing facilities such as grid,
   axes, zooming, cut and paste, etc.

   Image
       This command will display the image being edited and its inverse in
       its actual size in a separate window.  The window can be moved away
       to  continue  with  editing.  Pressing the left mouse button in the
       image window will cause it to disappear from the screen.

   Grid
       This command controls the grid in the editing area.   If  the  grid
       spacing  is  below the value specified by gridTolerance resource (8
       by default), the grid will be automatically turned off.  It can  be
       enforced by explicitly activating this command.

   Dashed
       This  command controls the stipple for drawing the grid lines.  The
       stipple specified by dashes resource can be turned  on  or  off  by
       activating this command.

   Axes
       This  command  controls  the  highlighting  of the main axes of the
       image being edited.  The actual lines are not part  of  the  image.
       They are provided to aid user when constructing symmetrical images,
       or whenever having the main axes highlighted helps your editing.

   Stippled
       This command controls the stippling of the highlighted areas of the
       bitmap  image.   The  stipple  specified by stipple resource can be
       turned on or off by activating this command.

   Proportional
       This command controls the proportional mode.  If  the  proportional
       mode  is on, width and height of all image squares are forced to be
       equal, regardless of the proportions of the bitmap window.

   Zoom
       This command controls the zoom mode.  If there is a marked area  of
       the  image  already  displayed, bitmap will automatically zoom into
       it.  Otherwise, user will have to highlight an area to be edited in
       the  zoom  mode  and bitmap will automatically switch into it.  One
       can use all the editing commands and other utilities  in  the  zoom
       mode.   When  you  zoom  out, undo command will undo the whole zoom
       session.

   Cut This commands cuts the contents of the highlighted image area  into
       the internal cut and paste buffer.

   Copy
       This command copies the contents of the highlighted image area into
       the internal cut and paste buffer.

   Paste
       This command will check if there are any other bitmap  applications
       with  a  highlighted  image  area,  or if there is something in the
       internal cut and paste buffer and copy it to the image.   To  place
       the copied image, click in the editing window and drag the outlined
       image to the position where you want to place i, and  then  release
       the button.

CUT AND PASTE

   Bitmap  supports  two  cut  and  paste mechanisms; the internal cut and
   paste and the global X selection cut and paste.  The internal  cut  and
   paste  is  used  when executing copy and move drawing commands and also
   cut and copy commands from the edit menu.  The global X  selection  cut
   and  paste  is  used  whenever  there is a highlighted area of a bitmap
   image displayed anywhere on the screen.  To copy a part of  image  from
   another  bitmap  editor  simply highlight the desired area by using the
   Mark command or pressing the shift key and dragging the area  with  the
   left  mouse  button.   When  the selected area becomes highlighted, any
   other applications (such as xterm, etc.)  that  use  primary  selection
   will  discard  their  selection  values and unhighlight the appropriate
   information.  Now, use the Paste command for the Edit menu  or  control
   mouse  button  to  copy the selected part of image into another (or the
   same) bitmap application.  If you attempt to do this without a  visible
   highlighted  image  area, the bitmap will fall back to the internal cut
   and paste buffer and paste whatever was there stored at the moment.

WIDGETS

   Below is the widget structure of the bitmap  application.   Indentation
   indicates  hierarchical  structure.   The  widget  class  name is given
   first, followed by the widget instance name.  All  widgets  except  the
   bitmap widget are from the standard Athena widget set.

        Bitmap bitmap
             TransientShell image
                  Box box
                       Label normalImage
                       Label invertedImage
             TransientShell input
                  Dialog dialog
                       Command okay
                       Command cancel
             TransientShell error
                  Dialog dialog
                       Command abort
                       Command retry
             TransientShell qsave
                  Dialog dialog
                       Command yes
                       Command no
                       Command cancel
             Paned parent
                  Form formy
                       MenuButton fileButton
                       SimpleMenu fileMenu
                            SmeBSB  new
                            SmeBSB  load
                            SmeBSB  insert
                            SmeBSB  save
                            SmeBSB  saveAs
                            SmeBSB  resize
                            SmeBSB  rescale
                            SmeBSB  filename
                            SmeBSB  basename
                            SmeLine line
                            SmeBSB  quit
                       MenuButton editButton
                       SimpleMenu editMenu
                            SmeBSB  image
                            SmeBSB  grid
                            SmeBSB  dashed
                            SmeBSB  axes
                            SmeBSB  stippled
                            SmeBSB  proportional
                            SmeBSB  zoom
                            SmeLine line
                            SmeBSB  cut
                            SmeBSB  copy
                            SmeBSB  paste
                       Label status
                  Pane pane
                       Bitmap bitmap
                       Form form
                            Command clear
                            Command set
                            Command invert
                            Toggle  mark
                            Command unmark
                            Toggle  copy
                            Toggle  move
                            Command flipHoriz
                            Command up
                            Command flipVert
                            Command left
                            Command fold
                            Command right
                            Command rotateLeft
                            Command down
                            Command rotateRight
                            Toggle  point
                            Toggle  curve
                            Toggle  line
                            Toggle  rectangle
                            Toggle  filledRectangle
                            Toggle  circle
                            Toggle  filledCircle
                            Toggle  floodFill
                            Toggle  setHotSpot
                            Command clearHotSpot
                            Command undo

COLORS

   If you would like bitmap to be viewable in color, include the following
   in the #ifdef COLOR section of the file you read with xrdb:

   *customization:                 -color

   This will cause bitmap to pick up the colors in the app-defaults  color
   customization file:

       /etc/X11/app-defaults/Bitmap-color

BITMAP WIDGET

   Bitmap widget is a stand-alone widget for editing raster images.  It is
   not designed to edit large images, although it  may  be  used  in  that
   purpose as well.  It can be freely incorporated with other applications
   and used as a standard editing tool.  The following are  the  resources
   provided by the bitmap widget.

   Bitmap Widget

   Header file     Bitmap.h
   Class           bitmapWidgetClass
   Class Name      Bitmap
   Superclass      Bitmap

   All the Simple Widget resources plus ...

   Name              Class             Type              Default Value
   foreground        Foreground        Pixel             XtDefaultForeground
   highlight         Highlight         Pixel             XtDefaultForeground
   framing           Framing           Pixel             XtDefaultForeground
   gridTolerance     GridTolerance     Dimension         8
   size              Size              String            32x32
   dashed            Dashed            Boolean           True
   grid              Grid              Boolean           True
   stippled          Stippled          Boolean           True
   proportional      Proportional      Boolean           True
   axes              Axes              Boolean           False
   squareWidth       SquareWidth       Dimension         16
   squareHeight      SquareHeight      Dimension         16
   margin            Margin            Dimension         16
   xHot              XHot              Position          NotSet (-1)
   yHot              YHot              Position          NotSet (-1)
   button1Function   Button1Function   DrawingFunction   Set
   button2Function   Button2Function   DrawingFunction   Invert
   button3Function   Button3Function   DrawingFunction   Clear
   button4Function   Button4Function   DrawingFunction   Invert
   button5Function   Button5Function   DrawingFunction   Invert
   filename          Filename          String            None ("")
   basename          Basename          String            None ("")

AUTHOR

   Davor Matic, MIT X Consortium





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