[wiki] [sites] Add more clarification on the NetPBM vices || FRIGN
commit 8442703323a785cecfe80ce65fa94ddf7f776561
Author: FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de>
Date: Wed Jan 13 00:00:55 2016 +0100
Add more clarification on the NetPBM vices
diff --git a/tools.suckless.org/farbfeld/index.md b/tools.suckless.org/farbfeld/index.md
index c059f86..19de916 100644
--- a/tools.suckless.org/farbfeld/index.md
+++ b/tools.suckless.org/farbfeld/index.md
_AT_@ -74,8 +74,15 @@ Portable BitMaps, Portable GrayMaps and Portable PixMaps.
It's not helpful when a manpage can't give a simple overview
of a format in a few sentences.
+NetPBM's big vice is that it has originally been developed
+to be hand-written and passed around as plain text.
+Handling optional comments in the header, base 10 ASCII
+width and height values, arbitrary whitespace inside the
+data and out-of-band image size and color depth is too
+painful for the sane user.
+
Judging from the usage of the format considering how long
-it's been around, it's no surprise it never took off.
+it's been around, it's no surprise it never really took off.
Additionally, functionality like alpha channels and 16-Bit
color depth can only be achieved via extensions.
Due to it being a textual format it also lacks the desired
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