XBin Images

Utility module for creating and displaying XBin image files

Can create XBin Image (xbimage) files from monochromatic .bmp files
Can display (send to a supporting terminal, e.g. SyncTERM) xbimage files (single file or slide-show/demo)

Invoke

This utility module may be either executed from the Terminal server or via JSexec, depending on purpose.

jsexec xbimage.js [-option[=value] [...]] <command> <filename> [[filename] [...]]

Command	Description
`create`	Create an xbimage (`.xb`) file from a `.bmp` input image file
`show`	Display an xbimage file from the Terminal server
`demo`	Play an xbimage demo (show multiple files, in succession) from the Terminal server
`info`	Display information about xbimage files
`modify`	Modify (the flags) of xbimage files

Option	Description
`-v`	Enable verbose output (e.g. for debugging)
`-invert`	Invert the set/cleared pixels of the read BMP file
`-normal`	Define normal (non-blink) fonts first
`-fg=value`	Set foreground color by name or number
`-bg=value`	Set background color by name or number
`-char=value`	Specify an output character height (in pixels, default is [8, 14, 16])
`-title=value`	Set SAUCE record “title” string for created file
`-author=value`	Set SAUCE record “author” string for created file
`-group=value`	Set SAUCE record “group” string for created file
`-delay=value`	Set demonstration delay duration (in milliseconds)
`-flags=value`	Set new SAUCE flags value for use with modify command
`-color=value`	Redefine a CGA color name to another color name or a <red,green,blue> value (0-63 per channel)