If you do the same cmd shift 4 without the caps lock I think you should 
get a cross hair cursor you can position inside the window, press and 
hold, drag to the kitty corner and release.

Cheers,
Randy
On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 06:02  PM, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:

> 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?
>
>