paint.1 (1622B)
1 .TH PAINT 1 2 .CT 1 graphics 3 .SH NAME 4 paint \- create image files by drawing with a mouse or other pointing device 5 .SH SYNOPSIS 6 .B paint 7 [ 8 .I file 9 ] 10 .SH DESCRIPTION 11 .I Paint 12 displays a canvas upon which can be drawn lines using the mouse holding 13 down buttons 1 or 2 for foreground or background color. The canvas 14 may be moved with button 3. Colors and brush sizes may be selected by 15 clicking on the palette at the bottom of the screen with buttons 1 or 2. 16 .PP 17 If the optional 18 .I file 19 argument is specified, then it is read and used as the canvas. 20 .I Paint 21 only recognizes Plan 9 bitmap format (see 22 .MR image (6) ). 23 .PP 24 A number of immediate keyboard commands are recognized: 25 .TP 26 .B u 27 Undos the previous action. 28 .TP 29 .B c 30 Clears the canvas with the background color. 31 .TP 32 .B 1-9 33 Select brush size. 34 .TP 35 .B f 36 Select flood fill brush. 37 .TP 38 .B + 39 Doubles magnification. 40 .TP 41 .B - 42 Halves magnification. 43 .TP 44 .B esc 45 Centers the canvas and resets magnification. 46 .PP 47 Hitting any other key on the keyboard shows a command prompt 48 where the following commands may be entered: 49 .TP 50 .BI r file 51 Reads the canvas from 52 .I file. 53 .TP 54 .BI w file 55 Writes the canvas to 56 .I file. 57 .TP 58 .BI < command 59 Executes 60 .I command 61 and reads the canvas from its standard output. 62 .TP 63 .BI > command 64 Executes 65 .I command 66 and writes the canvas to its standard input. 67 .TP 68 .BI | command 69 Transforms the canvas by piping it thru 70 .I command. 71 .TP 72 .B q 73 Quits the program. 74 .SH SOURCE 75 .B /sys/src/cmd/paint.c 76 .SH "SEE ALSO" 77 .MR resample (1) , 78 .MR rotate (1) , 79 .MR crop (1) , 80 .MR jpg (1) , 81 .MR page (1) , 82 .MR image (6) 83 .SH HISTORY 84 .I Paint 85 first appeared in 9front (October, 2011).