read-notepad - List the record information found in the
Palm Notepad
SECTION
pilot-link: Userland Conduits
SYNOPSIS
read-notepad [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-q|--quiet]
[-?|--help] [--usage] [-l|--list] [-t|--type type]
DESCRIPTION
Connect to the Palm handheld and list the record informa-
tion found in the Palm Notepad application (found on OS4
and newer devices). Alternately, if no options are given,
each record's image will be converted to files, using
Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm)
format. The default type is ppm.
read-notepad allows a user running PalmOS 4.0 or later to
read the data stored in the Palm Notepad application and
extract the data into images and convert them to Portable
Network Graphics (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm) files.
OPTIONS
READ-NOTEPAD OPTIONS
-l, --list
List picture information found on the device
instead of converting them to image files.
-t, --type type
Specify the output picture type. Can be either
"png" or "ppm".
CONDUIT OPTIONS
-p, --port <port>
Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm
handheld. If this is not specified, read-notepad
will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable.
If neither are found or supplied, read-notepad will
print the usage information.
-q, --quiet
Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message
-v, --version
Display version of read-notepad and exit without
connecting.
HELP OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for read-notepad and exit
without connecting.
Display a brief usage message and exit without con-
necting.
USAGE
The program will connect to the target Palm handheld, and
list or convert the records and images found in the Palm
Notepad application to Portable Network Graphic (.png) or
Portable Pixmap (.ppm) files.
AUTHOR
read-notepad was written by Angus Ainslie angusa@delta-
tee.com.
This manual page was written by Neil Williams linux@code-
help.co.uk
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs at: http://bugs.pilot-link.org
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
SEE ALSO
pilot-link(7)
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