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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

2672.0. "Sixel Hangs GPX" by WARIOR::ALI_A (Success=Determination+God's Help) Thu Apr 26 1990 17:09

        I have a customer who has a VAXstation 3100GPX running VMS
        5.3-1. He sets host to a system running DECgraph 1.5 from a
        DECterm window and attempts to run DECgraph. When he hits GOLD S
        to create the sixel file, the terminal hangs. 
        
        Can anybody  give me any pointers on this problem?
        
        
        Thanks in advance,
        
        ali.
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2672.1DECterm doesn't support host screen dumpsHANNAH::MESSENGERBob MessengerThu Apr 26 1990 18:3513
Re: .0

I think the problem is that DECterm doesn't support host screen dumps, which is
what DECgraph uses to get a sixel file.  One way around this would be to
get save the file in ReGIS form and then if necessary convert it to sixel
form using RETOS.  Another possibility would be to use the workstation-wide
Print Screen command from the session manager.  The best solution depends on
why the customer needs to get a sixel file.  The PrintServer 40 and
ScriptPrinter printers, for example, support both ReGIS and sixel format, as
well as PostScript (which can be generated from the session manager's Print
Screen).

				-- Bob