[comp.sys.sgi] saving and loading the screen on a 4D

ramani@patience.Stanford.EDU (Ramani Pichumani) (10/08/89)

Here's an easy question for 4D veterans: What is the preferred method
for saving the entire screen (not just a window) in a file and loading
it back from a file (ie., the equivalent of screendump and screenload
on the Sun's)?

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elkins@topaz.rutgers.edu (George Elkins) (10/10/89)

In article <12278@polya.Stanford.EDU>, ramani@patience.Stanford.EDU (Ramani Pichumani) writes:
> Here's an easy question for 4D veterans: What is the preferred method
> for saving the entire screen (not just a window) in a file and loading
> it back from a file?

You can use scrsave or icut to capture a screen image and then
display with the ipaste command.  For example,

scrsave scrdump.rgb
(By default, scrsave will save the entire screen.)

ipaste scrdump.rgb


George Elkins

thant@horus.sgi.com (Thant Tessman) (10/10/89)

In article <12278@polya.Stanford.EDU>, ramani@patience.Stanford.EDU (Ramani Pichumani) writes:
> 
> Here's an easy question for 4D veterans: What is the preferred method
> for saving the entire screen (not just a window) in a file and loading
> it back from a file (ie., the equivalent of screendump and screenload
> on the Sun's)?

Check out scrsave, icut, and ipaste.


thant


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