Lotus Manuscript graphics
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| − | ''Lotus Manuscript'' was a word processor for | + | ''Lotus Manuscript'' was a word processor for DOS. It apparently had native '''.BIT''' and '''.RLE''' raster graphics formats. |
| − | == | + | == File structure == |
| − | .BIT | + | ''This section is based on educated guesswork, from observing the behavior of ART2WP and TGL+.'' |
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| + | Files have a 9-byte header. Byte order is little-endian. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Offset Size Description | ||
| + | ------ ---- ----------- | ||
| + | 0 1 ASCII 'B' for BIT format, 'R' for RLE | ||
| + | 1 2 Dots per inch (don't know if x or y) | ||
| + | 3 2 Dots per inch | ||
| + | 5 2 Height in pixels | ||
| + | 7 2 Width in bytes. Multiply by 8 to get width in pixels. | ||
| + | 9 var. Image data | ||
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| + | RLE image data uses a simple pixel-oriented format. Each byte encodes a run of white or black pixels. The high bit is the color. The low 7 bits are the number of pixels, with an encoded value of 0 meaning 128. | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
| + | * {{CdTextfiles|microhaus/mhblackbox3/GRPHUTIL/TGLPLUS.ZIP|The Graphics Link Plus v2.00a}} - DOS utility that can read and write BIT format | ||
| + | * {{CdTextfiles|psl/pslmonthly25/words/dos/gr_tools/art2wp.com|ART2WP v1.7}} - DOS utility that can write BIT and RLE formats | ||
| + | * {{CdTextfiles|californiacollect/his029/art2wp21.zip|ART2WP v2.1}} (RLE support seems broken in this version) | ||
* [http://www.pixedit.com/ PixEdit/PixView] - Commercial software that [http://www.pixedit.com/media/6527/scanned-document-and-image-file-formats.pdf claims to read] .BIT format | * [http://www.pixedit.com/ PixEdit/PixView] - Commercial software that [http://www.pixedit.com/media/6527/scanned-document-and-image-file-formats.pdf claims to read] .BIT format | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia: Lotus Manuscript]] | * [[Wikipedia: Lotus Manuscript]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Lotus]] | ||
Revision as of 16:59, 21 March 2022
Lotus Manuscript was a word processor for DOS. It apparently had native .BIT and .RLE raster graphics formats.
File structure
This section is based on educated guesswork, from observing the behavior of ART2WP and TGL+.
Files have a 9-byte header. Byte order is little-endian.
Offset Size Description ------ ---- ----------- 0 1 ASCII 'B' for BIT format, 'R' for RLE 1 2 Dots per inch (don't know if x or y) 3 2 Dots per inch 5 2 Height in pixels 7 2 Width in bytes. Multiply by 8 to get width in pixels. 9 var. Image data
RLE image data uses a simple pixel-oriented format. Each byte encodes a run of white or black pixels. The high bit is the color. The low 7 bits are the number of pixels, with an encoded value of 0 meaning 128.
Software
- The Graphics Link Plus v2.00a - DOS utility that can read and write BIT format
- ART2WP v1.7 - DOS utility that can write BIT and RLE formats
- ART2WP v2.1 (RLE support seems broken in this version)
- PixEdit/PixView - Commercial software that claims to read .BIT format
