kjeller / pxbm

(Print xbm) Application for printing .xbm images to ANSI based consoles.

pxbm

pxbm is used for printing bitmap images on ANSI-based shell. It works by changing the background color (ANSI color codes) and printing " " (whitespace) to stdout.

Originally written in C.

Supported formats:

Format	ASCII (plain)	Binary (raw)	Extension	RGB input flag
X BitMap	Yes	No	.xbm	Yes
X PixMap	Yes	No	.xpm	No
Portable BitMap	Yes (P1)	Yes (P4)	.pbm	Yes
Portable GrayMap	Yes (P2)	Yes (P5)	.pgm	No
Portable PixMap	Yes (P3)	Yes (P6)	.pgm	No

Example XBM print

Compile

cargo build

Usage

To run:

Usage: pxbm <command> <filepath> [red] [green] [blue]

Arguments:
  <command>   [possible values: xbm, netpbm]
  <filepath>  File to print
  [red]       Red [default: 255]
  [green]     Green [default: 255]
  [blue]      Blue [default: 255]

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version