Of clip2gif, clipboard, and OS 10.3
Of clip2gif, clipboard, and OS 10.3
- Subject: Of clip2gif, clipboard, and OS 10.3
- From: Brian Johnson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:09:52 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all ...
I seem to be in a perpetual, if slow motion, search. I've asked before and
had excellent suggestions regarding ImageMagick, Smile, etc. I've looked
at these and they look viable, but each of them would require some serious
work, and I feel like I'm so close... So, one more time before I plunge...
I need to make some (very) simple graphics for the web. In the past (OS
9.x - 10.2) I've been using the venerable clip2gif to digest a set of
object-graphics commands (mostly consisting of lines) and save them to GIF
files. The catch is that under 10.3 clip2gif chokes on something as simple
as
tell application "clip2gif"
set foo to {{color:{65535,0,0},line:{0,20,96,20}}}
save {96,26} in "test.gif" drawing foo
end tell
The save is what trips it, as shown, and as
save {96,26} in file "test.gif" drawing foo
save {96,26} in (posix path of "test.gif") drawing foo
save {96,26} in ("test.gif" as posix file) drawing foo
and a few other combinations that seem like they should work... However,
set picky to save {96,26} in picture drawing foo
DOES work, presumably giving me a PICT image in "picky"!! (SE's 'result'
panel shows " <<data PICT004800 ....etc..>>, which is pretty convincing).
Now, any ideas how I can get "picky" to disk? I tried copying it to the
clipboard, but can't persuade clip2gif to do that. If I could, I could go
to disk through GraphicConverter, (with a PICT to GIF conversion along the
way) but perhaps there is a more direct way?
set wtf to open for access "test.gif" with write permission
write picky to wtf
close access wtf
does produce a file, but it won't open in GraphicConverter, and safari
renders it as a blank screen.
I tried telling the Finder to "set clipboard to picky" but that just
assigns it to a variable named clipboad (doh!)...
Ideas? Dope slaps? subtle hints?
- Brian Johnson, Dept of Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle
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