.TH IM_PRINTDESC 3 "11 April 1990"
.SH NAME
im_printdesc, im_Type2char, im_char2Type, im_BandFmt2char, im_char2BandFmt,
im_Coding2char, im_char2Coding, im_Compression2char, im_char2Compression
\- decode image descriptors

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <vips/vips.h>

.B void im_printdesc(image)
.br
.B IMAGE *image;

char *im_Type2char( ty );
.br
int ty;

char *im_BandFmt2char( bf );
.br
int bf;

char *im_Coding2char( cod );
.br
int cod;

char *im_Compression2char( comp );
.br
int comp;

int im_char2Type( str );
.br
char *str;

int im_char2BandFmt( str );
.br
char *str;

int im_char2Coding( str );
.br
char *str;

int im_char2Compression( str );
.br
char *str;

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B im_printdesc(3)
prints the image descriptor pointed by image.

.B im_printdesc(3) 
exports the functions it uses to code and uncode the type fields
in image headers. The functions which return char * return a static string of
the form "<bad Type>" on error,

The functions which return int return -1 on error, 
setting 
.B im_error(3).

.SH SEE ALSO
header(1).
.SH COPYRIGHT
N. Dessipris
.SH AUTHOR
N. Dessipris \- 11/04/1990