---
name: "allegro-dev-tools"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "liballegro4-dev"
version: "2:4.4.3.1-5+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/allegro-dev-tools"
---

# allegro-dev-tools(1)

collection of useful tools for Allegro 4 developers

## NAME

allegro-dev-tools - collection of useful tools for Allegro 4 developers

## SYNOPSIS

**colormap** \[OPTIONS\]\
 **dat** \[OPTIONS\]\
 **dat2c** \[OPTIONS\]\
 **dat2s** \[OPTIONS\]\
 **exedat** \[OPTIONS\]\
 **grabber** \[OPTIONS\]\
 **pack** \[OPTIONS\]\
 **pat2dat** \[OPTIONS\]\
 **rgbmap** \[OPTIONS\]\
 **textconv** \[OPTIONS\]\

## DESCRIPTION

The listed tools are distributed with the Allegro 4 package to help developers on their work. They are intended to prepare some data (pat2dat, rgbmap, textconf) or create and manage data files that are used by the Allegro library (dat, dat2c, dat2s, exedat, grabber, pack). Call this programs from the command line to print some help about their usage.

## SEE ALSO

[**allegro-config**(1)](/allegro-config/1.md)\
 The **allegro** info entry\
 Additional documentation and example files are contained in the allegro4-doc package on Debian systems.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was   written   by   Eduard   Bloch \<blade@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux  system  (but may be used by others).