[etoys-dev] export to PNG

[Bert Freudenberg]

It is supposed to work, yes.

- Bert -

On 20.10.2009, at 13:59, Hilaire Fernandes wrote:

> Is Copy and Paste supposed to work under Linux ?
>
> I only get binary PNG data when I past on openOffice.
>
> Hilaire
>
> 2009/10/20 Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>:
>>
>> On 20.10.2009, at 11:54, Korakurider wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Hilaire Fernandes
>>> <hilaire.fernandes at edu.ge.ch> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I noted the export to PNG/JPG entries disappeared from the Morph  
>>>> menu.
>>>> Is there a way to get them back ?
>>>
>>>   it back by setting eToyFriendly off .
>>>  But I can't figure out why the functionality is "etoys
>>> unfriendly"...  or just bug?
>>
>> In Sugar these menu items do not export to the Journal. If someone  
>> exports
>> it as file, it's very hard to import into another activity. Ask  
>> Randy, he
>> tried ;)
>>
>> Copy-and-paste is more friendly, don't you think? E.g., get halo,  
>> press
>> Cmd-C, switch to mail app, press Cmd-P, done:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> No file names involved, no searching in which folder it was saved, no
>> worrying about the difference between PNG and JPG.
>>
>> If you need to save to a file, run Preview, choose "New from  
>> Clipboard" (or
>> press Cmd-N), then save in any format you like, including PNG.
>>
>> I'm *not* saying we couldn't re-enable the export menu items, just
>> explaining why we thought them to be unfriendly except for advanced  
>> users
>> who like to deal with files and file names and file formats etc.
>>
>> - Bert -