[Gambas-user] Happy new year...

[adamnt42 at ...626...]

On Thu, 1 Jan 2015 22:52:43 +0100
Tobias Boege <taboege at ...626...> wrote:

> On Fri, 02 Jan 2015, adamnt42 at ...626... wrote:
> > On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:12:06 +0100
> > Beno?t Minisini <gambas at ...1...> wrote:
> > 
> > > ...to all Gambas users and developers!
> > > 
> > > I'd like to release Gambas 3.7 as soon as possible, because I won't be 
> > > able to create a Gambas 3.6.3 release. Too much work to backport some 
> > > important fixes.
> > > 
> > > Please tell me if you have something blocking that release: Fabien, 
> > > Tobias, Adrien, anyone needing a forgotten bug fix.
> > > 
> > > The most important feature for me is the software farm. I think it is 
> > > now usable, at least since the very last development version. Not 
> > > beautiful, not perfect, but usable.
> > > 
> > > I think I will just add a global software heading to the client 
> > > interface: games, examples, development, education, multimedia, 
> > > networking...
> > > 
> > > So... If you have a project to publish, don't hesitate to push it on the 
> > > current 'gambaswiki.org' farm server. 'gambasfarm.org' has been bought, 
> > > but it does not point to the farm server at the moment.
> > > 
> > > It needs some tests, it needs some love, it needs your projects!
> > > 
> > > Best wishes,
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Beno?t Minisini
> > > 
> > > 
> > OK I tried uploading vrecentfilesd.  Seems to go alright but I have the following questions:
> > 1) How do I set up a screenshot?
> 
> The IDE seems to have gotten a screenshot feature (see Tools). If you take a
> screenshot from there, project/.hidden/screenshots is created and the file
> is placed there. From this directory you can select screenshots in the
> publish ComboBox.
> 
> [ I must say that I'm not a fan of this. I'd like my screenshots to show
>   only the application window (if there is only one window), so until now
>   I created that directory manually and inserted a screenshot from outside
>   the IDE. My normal desktop screenshot program offers me to take
>   screenshots from a specific window (the one under the cursor after some
>   adjustable delay) only.
> 
>   Maybe Benoit can implement this in the IDE's screenshot module, too? That
>   or a new popup menu entry for the project TreeView, "Paste screenshot",
>   which would paste a file (path) from the clipboard and create the necessary
>   directories automatically. ]
> 
> Regards,
> Tobi
> 
> -- 
> "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk
> 

Ah, I see.  Yes that seems a bit clunky.
I use Shutter, Which allows a fair bit of creativity with the screenshot. The one I just uploaded shows the menu (faked, but it only took a few seconds) that is created by the component.  
Yes, I think there is enough screenshot/screenshot+enhancer utilities available to encourage your idea of pasting one into the project.

cheers
Bruce  

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