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PNGPHOON(1)		     General Commands Manual		     PNGPHOON(1)

NAME
     pngphoon -- Creates a png file with the current phase of the moon

SYNOPSIS
     pngphoon  [-w  width]   [-h  height]   [-f  filename]  [-x moons_in_x]  [-y
     moons_in_y]  [-s density]	[-b]  [-q]

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page documents briefly the pngphoon command.

     This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the origi-
     nal program does not have a manual page.

     pngphoon is a program that creates a PNG image of the current phase of  the
     moon.  It	is  a successor to xphoon but does not write to the root window,
     but to a file.  You can use it with window managers  that	accept	commands
     for  their  background  image settings.  It is pronounced "pingphoon" (like
     "typhoon").

OPTIONS
     This program takes the following options.

     -h        Mandatory. Gives the image height. If the height is smaller  than
	       760px, then only the center part will be created.

     -w        Mandatory.  Gives  the  image  width.  The image must be at least
	       760px wide to be able to  contain  the  moon.  If  the  image  is
	       smaller only the stars will be plotted.

     -f        Mandatory.  File name the PNG image shall be written to, for out-
	       put to stdout use ``-'' (hyphen) instead of a filename.

     -x        Number of moons in x axis (for multihead configurations)

     -y        Number of moons in y axis (for multihead configurations)

     -s        Star density

     -b        Black (no earthlight)

     -S        Southern hemisphere (rotate image 180 degrees)

     -q        Quiet (disable warnings)

AUTHOR
     The software was written by Sven Oliver ("SvOlli") Moll, based upon xphoon.
     The homepage  of  the  software  is  available  at  https://svolli.de/soft-
     ware/pngphoon/ .

     This  manual  page  was  originally written by Meike Reichle for the Debian
     system. After she stopped maintaining it, it was moved  into  the	original
     source  code  and is now maintained by Sven Oliver Moll (svolli@svolli.de).
     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
     the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2.

     On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License  can
     be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.

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