read-notepad(1)			   Conduits		      read-notepad(1)



NAME
       read-notepad - Connect to the Palm handheld and list the record infor-
       mation 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.



SYNOPSIS
       read-notepad [-p ] [--list] [--type ]



DESCRIPTION
       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
       -p, --port 
	      Use device file  to communicate with the  Palm  handheld.
	      If this is not specified, will look for the $PILOTPORT environ-
	      ment  variable.  If   both   are	 not   found   or   supplied,
	      install-expenses will fall back to /dev/pilot.



       -h, --help
	      Display the help synopsis for read-notepad.



       -v, --version
	      Display version of read-notepad.



       -l, --list
	      List  picture  information  found on the device instead of con-
	      verting them to image files.



       -t, --type 
	      Specify the output picture type. Can be either "png" or  "ppm".



USAGE
       The program will connect to the target Palm handheld, and list or con-
       vert the records and images found in the Palm Notepad  application  to
       Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm) files.



BUGS
       KNOWN BUGS

	      read-notepad has no known bugs at this time.



       REPORTING BUGS

	      Report bugs at http://bugs.pilot-link.org/

AUTHOR
       read-notepad was written by Angus Ainslie .



(c) FSF 1996-2003	     pilot-link - 0.11.8	      read-notepad(1)

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