Opening a .PICT file in Squeak 3.5
Richard A. O'Keefe
ok at cs.otago.ac.nz
Mon Jun 16 01:02:04 UTC 2003
On the weekend I did some statistical calculations on a Mac, saved the
window with the graph I wanted as a PICT file using
Command+shift+4+capslock as described in Mac OS help,
and saved the resulting "Picture 1" file on a ZIP disc.
Today I put that ZIP disc in my office Mac, clicked on "Picture 1",
and Simpletext showed me exactly what I had seen at home.
Unfortunately, "Save Window as PICT file" saves the frame of the window
as well as the content, and I don't actually want that frame. So I thought
I might have a go at editing it in Squeak.
Fire up unmodified Squeak 3.5 #5180 on my MacOs 8.6 Power Macintosh G3.
Open|File List.
Select ZIP disc in top left pane.
Select Picture 1 in top right pane.
Bottom pane now says "For some reason, this file cannot be read."
But it _can_ be read; Simpletext just read it!
Well, it's not text. Maybe that's what it means. I don't want to
read it, I want to display it as an image.
With "Picture 1" still selected, bring up the menu
(Option|mouse) and ask for more... and then
choose "Open graphic in a window".
A box pops up telling me "Picture 1 does not exist".
But it _does_ exist; the top right pane has the modification date
and the file size in bytes exactly right.
The alternatives are "choose another name" and "cancel".
"Cancel" results in a "MessageNotUnderstood: binary"
UndefinedObject(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #binary
Form class>>openImageInWindow:
fullName is 'ZIP-100:Picture 1' -- right name
FileStream readOnlyFileNamed: 'ZIP-100:Picture 1'
was responsible for popping up the box saying "Picture 1 does not
exist" (although it does). It returned nil.
Suggestion:
change
myStream := (FileStream readOnlyFileNamed: fullName) binary.
to
myStream := FileStream readOnlyFileNamed: fullName.
myStream ifNil: [^nil].
myStream := myStream binary.
I see from the comment in that method that only GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP,
and the result of "Form storeOn: ..." are supported. It's a pity that
a Macintosh program cannot read a Macintosh PICT file.
If I can't do it with Squeak, has anyone else any suggestions for how I
can crop a PICT file and turn the result into a GIF?
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