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.TH "GIFCOLOR" "1" "2 May 2012" "GIFLIB" "GIFLIB Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
gifcolor \- generate color test\-pattern GIFs
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBgifcolor\fR\ 'u
\fBgifcolor\fR [\-v] [\-b\ \fIbackground\fR] [\-h] [\fIcolormap\-file\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
A program to generate color test patterns\&. Feed it a color map file (as generated, say, by the \-s option of gifclrmp) and it will generate a GIF containing lines of the form\&.
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
Color %\-3d: [%\-3d, %\-3d, %\-3d]:
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
where the first number is the zero\-based color index, and the triple is the index\*(Aqs [Red, Green, Blue] value\&. There will be one such line for each color\&. Each line will be set in a simple 8x8 font in the color it describes; thus, any lines corresponding to the GIF\*(Aqs background color will be blank\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-v
.RS 4
Verbose mode (show progress)\&. Enables printout of running scan lines\&.
.RE
.PP
\-b
.RS 4
Set the image\*(Aqs backround color to a given numeric index\&.
.RE
.PP
\-h
.RS 4
Print one line of command line help, similar to Usage above\&.
.RE
.PP
If no colormap file is specified, the color map will be read from stdin\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Gershon Elber\&.
