NAME
read-palmpix - Convert all pictures in the
files given or found via connecting to a Palm handheld if no files
are given. The default output type is Portable Pixmap (.ppm).
SYNOPSIS
read-palmpix -p <port> -n
<pixname> -t <type>
DESCRIPTION
read-palmpix allows a Kodak PalmPix
camera user to extract the images from their Palm handheld and
convert them to Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap
(.ppm) files on their system.
OPTIONS
- -p, --port <port>
- Use device file <port> to communicate with the
Palm handheld. If this is not specified, will look for the
$PILOTPORT environment variable. If both are not found or
supplied, install-expenses will fall back to /dev/pilot.
- -h, --help
- Display the help synopsis for read-palmpix.
- -v, --version
- Display version of read-palmpix.
- -l, --list
- List picture information found on the Palm handheld instead of
converting the entries found to image files.
- -n, --name <pixname>
- Convert only pixname to an image file, and output to a
.ppm or .png.
- -t, --type <type>
- Specify the output picture type. Can be either "png" or
"ppm".
USAGE
The program will connect to the target Palm handheld,
and read the images found in the Kodak PalmPix image database
(ArchImage.pdb), and allow the user to view the list of
images and image details, or to select one or all of them, and
convert them to Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap
(.ppm) files to be viewed or printed at the desktop. If no options
are specified, all of the images on the device will be converted to
ppm files by default.
BUGS
KNOWN BUGS
- read-palmpix's colour correction is not yet as good as
Kodak's own, but Kodak has deprecated the PalmPix device, so it is
not likely that there will be any updates to their software in the
future, so this may be as good as it gets.
REPORTING BUGS
- Report bugs at
AUTHOR
read-palmpix was originally written by Angus
Ainslie <>, and
updated by John Marshall <> to include
core pilot-link functionality.