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Re: Printscreen

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Printscreen
Date	2014-07-08 05:43 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnlrn180.jsa.g.kreme@amelia.local> (permalink)
References	(2 earlier) <070720141335577373%nospam@nospam.invalid> <53badeff$0$15843$e4fe514c@dreader35.news.xs4all.nl> <080720140926072123%YourName@YourISP.com> <070720141804123035%nospam@nospam.invalid> <2014070717381483288-xxx@yyyzzz>

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Okay, so one time? In band camp? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> was all, like: 
 --> 	 Mon, 7 Jul 2014 17:38:14 -0700 <2014070717381483288-xxx@yyyzzz>
> On 2014-07-07 22:04:12 +0000, nospam said:

>> In article <080720140926072123%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
>> <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>>>> I assume it makes has no conspicuous difference, but it produces a png
>>>>>> file not a PICT file.
>>>>> 
>>>>> pict has been deprecated. however, the screen capture format can be
>>>>> changed to any of several formats, including pict for snow leopard and
>>>>> earlier.
>>>> 
>>>> Yes.
>>>> 
>>>> defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg ; killall SystemUIServer
>>> 
>>> The original (and only) option in early versions of Mac OS X was for
>>> screenshots to be saved as PDFs ... which is annoyingly silly since
>>> they only contain a bitmap image anyway.
>> 
>> it could be changed at least as far back as 10.1.

> Via a command-line in Terminal?  That's about as oblique as it gets for 
> the average user. Hell, I suppose I'd prefer a jpeg and generally trust 
> input from usenet, but when I see "killall" in a terminal line it does 
> give me the heebie-jeebies.  I would think the many people I counsel on 
> how to work a Mac would be even less inclined to encounter it. 

killall just lets you see the change without logging out, it is not a
necessary step.

there are many GUI tools that will allow you to change the file format.

-- 
There is something to be said for grace and respect but humour alway
helps - Toby Morris

Thread

Re: Printscreen gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-07 09:28 -0700
  Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-07 13:35 -0400
    Re: Printscreen Steve <gratefuldead@xs4all.nl> - 2014-07-07 19:55 +0200
      Re: Printscreen Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-08 09:26 +1200
        Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-07 18:04 -0400
          Re: Printscreen gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-07 17:38 -0700
            Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-07 20:58 -0400
              Re: Printscreen Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2014-07-08 07:51 +0200
                Re: Printscreen Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-08 15:42 +0000
                Re: Printscreen Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-09 00:34 +0000
                Re: Printscreen Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-09 01:53 +0000
                Re: Printscreen Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-09 16:11 +1200
                Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-09 00:23 -0400
                Re: Printscreen Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-09 05:21 +0000
            Re: Printscreen Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-08 13:27 +1200
              Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-07 21:46 -0400
            Re: Printscreen Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-08 05:43 +0000
  Re: Printscreen Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-07-07 20:22 +0000
    Re: Printscreen gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-07 14:20 -0700

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