Documentation for the program "pgmminimax"
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                                  PURPOSE
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This operator performs minimax smoothing on PGM images.

ENGLISH: Please read the file "noise.english.txt" for further information
         about the archives contents, the installation, the copyright
         notice and the author.

DEUTSCH: Bitte lesen Sie die Datei "noise.deutsch.txt" für weitergehende
         Informationen bezüglich des Archivinhalts, der Installation, der
         Copyright-Notiz und des Autors.


                           START OF THE PROGRAM
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Syntax: pgmminimax [+v|-v] [-3|-5|-7|-9] [-p|-h|-e] file1 file2

Options:

+v      : use verbose-mode (default)
-v      : no verbose-mode

-3      : filter size: 3x3 (default)
-5      : filter size: 5x5
-7      : filter size: 7x7
-9      : filter size: 9x9

-p      : mask: plus shaped (default)
-h      : mask: horizontal only
-e      : mask: vertical only

file1   : PGM-file, source
file2   : PGM-file, destination


                                 EXAMPLES
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pgmminimax -5 -p Temp:Noisy.PGM Temp:Minimax.PGM


                                   PLANS
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None. (Maybe someone detects an error ?)


                                  HISTORY
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Version 1.02, 30.Jan.98
- new includes
- source code optimized

Version 1.01, 11.Dec.97
- first release
- corrected an error

Version 1.00, 10.Dec.97
- first version