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- 'makeposter' is an obey file which expects 4 parameters.
-
- The parameters should be names of PBMplus image files. 'makeposter' will
- scale the images and place them on a page left to right, and top to bottom,
- (two per row), in the order that the names are placed on the command line.
- The name of each image will be placed below the image.
-
- The output is a PBMplus file named 'poster', which can be displayed using
- !Translator.
-
- This is a demonstration of how the functions provided by PBMtk can be
- utilised in the command line mode.
-
- To execute makeposter do the following.
-
- a. Copy 4 image files from the <PBMtk$Dir>.PBMfiles directory to this
- directory (eg trui, planet, crater and squig).
-
- b. Make this directory the current directory. (A convenient or easy way of
- doing that is to use !FileUtils, choose Set Dir, and drag the Set Dir icon
- to the directory display)
-
- c. Choose 4 image files to have made into a poster (we really have
- alraedy done this).
-
- d. Open a Task window (click menu on the task manager icon and choose
- task window).
-
- e. Invoke the obey file with the image filenames as parameters, as
- follows:
-
- makeposter trui planet crater squig
-
- This will build the PBMplus image file 'poster' with the 4 images scaled and
- placed .....
- trui planet
-
- crater squig
-
- You can use any 4 PBMplus files as parameters, and mix them in any order.
-
- Have a look at 'makeposter' in Edit to see how it is done.
-
- The syntax to be used when invoking PBMtk functions from the command line is
- explained in !PBMtk.Docs.Manpages.
-
-