[squeak-dev] Problem taking screen shot (Squeak 4.1 Ubuntu 10.04)

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Mon Aug 2 18:03:38 UTC 2010


On 02.08.2010, at 19:41, Ralph Boland wrote:

> I attempted to take a screen shot of my Squeak 4.1 image (I am running
> Ubuntu 10.04) using "print PS to file ..."  but it crashed with error:
> 
>        shotDSCPostscriptCanvas(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand:
>      #frameAndFillRoundRect:radius:fillStyle:borderWidth:borderColor:
> 
> in PluggableButtonMorphPlus>>drawOn:
> 
> where shotDCSPostscriptCanvas is a DSCPostscriptCanvas.
> 
> 
> Is this a known problem?/ should I generate a bug report?

A fix would be better ;)

The PostScript export tries to render all morphs as post script objects, this is not a pixel-screenshot. It cannot reproduce everything correctly but it will try.

> Is there another way to generate a screenshot such as a gif file?

Yes, it's in the halo menu's "export..." sub menu.

- Bert -





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