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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

3245.0. "Capture screen - color sixels" by THRILL::NELSON () Wed Aug 22 1990 16:25

Does anyone know why, after I customize Print Screen in the DECwindows
and select Color & Sixel, and then capture a portion of the screen
I get a Postscript file as output?

Thanks,  Mike
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3245.1see previous discussionsTOOLEY::B_WACKERWed Aug 22 1990 18:024
You're missing a patch, but I wouldn't bother because the sixel output 
is pretty lousy.  There is a few notes on the subject in here.

Bruce
3245.2Try xgrabsc from USENET...FUEL::grahamThe revolution will be televisedThu Aug 23 1990 01:2435
> I wouldn't bother because the sixel output 
> is pretty lousy.

I pulled a very nice program off the USENET today callled 'xgrabsc'
(x grab screen).  It prints better quality X fotos than the print
screen facility that comes with UWS....plus the session manager never
gets in the way during use.

I have tested already with ULTRIX RISC and looks very impressive for
a piece of freeware!

You can find at :

fuel::/usr/users/guest/xgrabsc.tar.Z

Here is a brief description from the author:

Kris....
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There are a number of programs available for getting X-Windows
screen dumps (e.g., xwd, xwps and DEC's session manager), but they
all either write their output in an unusable format, or are restricted
to dumps of single shell windows.  I wrote xgrabsc in an effort to get
around these restrictions.

The main contribution of this program is its use of root-window
rubberbanding to allow capture of arbitrary portions of the screen,
and its multiple output formats (x-bitmap, x-pixmap, xwd, Postscript
and puzzle formats).

The Postscript dumps will use run-length encoding if it results in
any savings in size.  A typical xterm window dump on a mono system
runs around 40K bytes.  An xwd dump on the same screen will be around
650K bytes
3245.3What patch to fix screen capture probl ?STKHUV::KINBERGERWed Aug 29 1990 07:2512
Hi,

I bumped into the same problem with getting *only* PostScript output even
though I had customized (and saved settings) to capture the screen for sixel
output. 

What patch is missing? Is this included in the final DECwindows v2.1 to
customers? I'm running VMS T5.4-4ET.

Thanks
/Marie