Just to give you an example, what great and simple stuff is out there.
If you have a text, lets call it abc.txt, usage is:
text2gif < abc.txt > abc.gif
Voila:
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text2gif
A program to generate GIF images out of regular text. Text can be one
line or multi-line, and is converted using 8 by 8 fixed font.
Usage:
text2gif [-q] [-s ClrMapSize] [-f FGClr] [-c R G B] [-t "Text"] [-h]
This program reads stdin if no text is provided on the command line
(-t), and will dump the created GIF file to stdout.
Memory required:
Line.
Options:
[-q]
Quiet mode. Defaults off on MSDOS, on under UNIX. Controls printout of
running scan lines. Use -q- to invert.
[-s ClrMapSize]
Explicitly defines the size of the color map of the resulting gif
image. Usually the image will be bicolor with fg as color 1, unless
[-f] is explicitly given in case the color map size will be big enough
to hold it. However it is sometimes convenient to set the color map
size to certain size while the fg color is small mainly so this image
may be merged with another (images must match color map size).
[-f FG]
Select foreground index (background is always 0). By default it is one
and therefore the image result is bicolored. if FG is set to n then
color map will be created with 2^k entries where 2^k > n for minimum
k, assuming k <= 8. This color map will be all zeros except this
forground index. This option is useful if this text image should be
integrated into other image colormap using their colors.
[-c R G B]
The color to use as the foreground color. White by default.
[-t "Text"]
One line of text can be provided on the command line. Note you must
encapsulate the Text within quotes if it has spaces (The quotes
themselves are not treated as part of the text). If no -t option is
provided, stdin is read until end of file.
[-h]
Print one line command line help, similar to Usage above.
Notes:
There is a hardcoded limit of 100 the number of lines.
Author:
Gershon Elber
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Eric S. Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
