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ICON(9.1) ICON(9.1) NAME icon - icon editor SYNOPSIS icon DESCRIPTION Icon is a pixel-level editor for textures and small bitmaps. Icon presents a magnified pixel grid and a true-size image. Editing is done on the magnified grid. Pixels can be turned black by pressing the but- ton 1, and white by pressing button 2. Button 3 provides an iconic menu of editing commands. Some commands require a rectangle to be swept; this is done either by the middle but- ton (which supplies a fixed 16x16 rectangle) or by the right button (for rectangles of any size). arrow Move region (sweep rectangle and click at destination). overlapping regions Copy region (sweep rectangle and click at destination). cross Invert region (sweep rectangle). eraser Erase region (sweep rectangle). horizontal (vertical) folded arrow Reflect region horizontally (vertically) (sweep rectangle). clockwise (counterclockwise) arrow Rotate region deasil (withershins) (sweep rectangle). horizontal (vertical) sheared lines Shear a region horizontally (vertically) (sweep rectangle and point at destination of nearest corner of rectangle). scaled square Scale a region (sweep rectangle and sweep destination rectan- gle). tweed pattern Texture a region (sweep source rectangle and a (bigger) desti- nation rectangle to be tiled with copies of the source). glasses Read file (type file name and position the icon by clicking). The subdirectories of are searched automatically after the current directory. grid Switch on or off the background grids. extend region Change the size of the drawing area. pen Write file (sweep rectangle and type file name). See bit- file(9.5) for the format. overlapping rectangles Bitblt region (driven by submenus on the right button). mouse Pick up a 16x16 rectangle and make it the current cursor (click a button to pick up a 16x16 region, and click again to revert to normal). help Display help information (click a button to revert to normal). band-aid Undo last drawing operation. FILES SEE ALSO bitfile(9.5) ICON(9.1)