Re: Windows .ICO file creator/convertor for Linux?

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 23:11:22 -0500 ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com> imparted to
us:

> On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 23:36:07 -0400 (EDT) "Anthony E. Greene"
> <agreene pobox com> imparted to us:
> 
> Try this. I never used the recommended software. But, I downloaded it
> a
> long time ago to test and just never did.
> 
> http://www.xoomhacker.com/favicon.html

I jumped off the deep end thinking it was shallow. The progam listed is
for 'Doze and is _NOT_ the one that I was thinking of.

The one I was originally thinking of is here:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/convert/!INDEX.html

It's called ico2xpm and it only works ico->xpm.

To do it the other way (I've never tried this) netpbm claims it can do
some conversions that would get you there. You could create a bmp file
(or use one of the convertors to make it bmp after creating something
else, like xpm), use bmptoppm to make it a ppm file, then use
ppmtowinicon to make it compatible with 'Doze (i.e. IE5).

There might be a faster/easier way. I did a quick reading of the manpage
and that was what I gathered from it. There may even be other programs
that I'm unaware of. Possibly even a way to hack ico2xpm and make it go
the other way.

Sorry for the initial misleading information. Maybe the current
misleading information will help to make up for it.

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