[hackers] [farbfeld] Remove the need of '#' for alpha masks || Laslo Hunhold

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commit 4aa840bd871694cca0ae1608eab1086eef7d228b
Author:     Laslo Hunhold <d...@frign.de>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 14 22:26:03 2017 +0200
Commit:     Laslo Hunhold <d...@frign.de>
CommitDate: Fri Apr 14 22:26:03 2017 +0200

    Remove the need of '#' for alpha masks
    
    To be honest, it can happen too easily that the user forgets to put
    the colour in quotation marks, yielding in the rest of the
    pipeline to be discarded as a comment.

diff --git a/ff2jpg.1 b/ff2jpg.1
index 5c8e97a..4555a66 100644
--- a/ff2jpg.1
+++ b/ff2jpg.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ writes a diagnostic message to stderr.
 .It Fl b Ar colour
 Mix the background alpha channel with
 .Ar colour
-specified as #rgb, #rrggbb or #rrrrggggbbbb. The default is #fff.
+specified as rgb, rrggbb or rrrrggggbbbb. The default is fff.
 .It Fl o
 Optimize the Huffman table, which reduces the file size but takes longer.
 .It Fl q Ar quality
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $
 .Pp
 $ bunzip2 < image.ff.bz2 |
 .Nm
--b '#00ff00' -q 90 > image.jpg
+-b 0f0 -q 90 > image.jpg
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr bzip2 1 ,
 .Xr farbfeld 5
diff --git a/ff2ppm.1 b/ff2ppm.1
index 9bebf7a..feba2f3 100644
--- a/ff2ppm.1
+++ b/ff2ppm.1
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ writes a diagnostic message to stderr.
 .Ar colour
 Mix the background alpha channel with
 .Ar colour
-specified as #rgb, #rrggbb or #rrrrggggbbbb. The default is #fff.
+specified as rgb, rrggbb or rrrrggggbbbb. The default is fff.
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $
 .Pp
 $ bunzip2 < image.ff.bz2 |
 .Nm
--b '#00ff00' > image.ppm
+-b 0f0 > image.ppm
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr bzip2 1 ,
 .Xr farbfeld 5
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index ea933ca..ba139b4 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ parse_mask(const char *s, uint16_t mask[3])
        unsigned int col[3], colfac;
        char fmt[] = "%#x%#x%#x";
 
-       if ((s++)[0] != '#') {
-               return 1;
-       }
-
        slen = strlen(s);
        if (slen != 3 && slen != 6 && slen != 12) {
                return 1;