NAME

paint - create image files by drawing with a mouse or other pointing device

SYNOPSIS

paint [ file ]

DESCRIPTION

Paint displays a canvas upon which can be drawn lines using the mouse holding down buttons 1 or 2 for foreground or background color. The canvas may be moved with button 3. Colors and brush sizes may be selected by clicking on the palette at the bottom of the screen with buttons 1 or 2.

If the optional file argument is specified, then it is read and used as the canvas. Paint only recognizes Plan 9 bitmap format (see

A number of immediate keyboard commands are recognized:

u

Undos the previous action.

c

Clears the canvas with the background color.

1-9

Select brush size.

f

Select flood fill brush.

+

Doubles magnification.

-

Halves magnification.

esc

Centers the canvas and resets magnification.

Hitting any other key on the keyboard shows a command prompt where the following commands may be entered:

rfile

Reads the canvas from file.

wfile

Writes the canvas to file.

<command

Executes command and reads the canvas from its standard output.

>command

Executes command and writes the canvas to its standard input.

|command

Transforms the canvas by piping it thru command.

q

Quits the program.

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/paint.c

SEE ALSO

HISTORY

Paint first appeared in 9front (October, 2011).