PBMB_IO
Portable Bit Map (PBM) binary Files
Read and Write Utilities

PBMB_IO is a Python library which reads and writes files in the binary Portable Bit Map (PBM) format for 2D bit map graphics information.

There are many graphics programs, such as XV and GIMP, that can display images in this format, or translate them to other formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, MacPaint, X Window, and so on.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

PBMB_IO is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

PBMA_IO, a Python library which handles the ASCII Portable Bit Map (PBM) format.

PBMB, a data directory which contains some example binary Portable Bit Map (PBM) files.

PGMB_IO, a Python library which handles the binary Portable Gray Map (PGM) format.

PPMB_IO, a Python library which handles the binary Portable Pixel Map (PPM) format.

1. the NETPBM homepage.

Source Code:

• pbmb_io.py, the source code;
• pbmb_io_test.sh, a script which runs the sample problem.
• pbmb_io_test.txt, the output file.
• pbmb_io_test.pbm, a binary PBM file created by the test.

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