[Gambas-user] Happy new year...

[adamnt42 at ...626...]

On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:01:33 +0100
Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...> wrote:

> Le 01/01/2015 23:11, adamnt42 at ...626... a écrit :
> > 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
> >
> 
> You were right guys, all that was clumsy. I tried to fix that in 
> revision #6789.
> 
> I removed the screenshot tool, and now the publish dialog have four options:
> 
> 1) Keep the screenshot stored on the server.
> 
> 2) Delete it.
> 
> 3) Upload a new screenshot from the clipboard.
> 
> 4) Upload a new screenshot from any file.
> 
> The screenshot is now automatically reduced and degraded to a jpeg file 
> so that it does not take too much space.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Benoît Minisini
> 
That all sounds a lot better.
But...
It is now 41C here... Yes, I am not joking...
I'll have to take a look later.



-- 
B Bruen <adamnt42 at ...3379... (sort of)>
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