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From: escher@Apple.COM (Michael Crawford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Screen dump...
Message-ID: <7369@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 Mar 90 03:13:05 GMT
References: <2367@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <220@gollum.twg.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <220@gollum.twg.com> lefty@twg.com (David N. Schlesinger) writes:
>In article <2367@syma.sussex.ac.uk> markf@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Mark Foster) 
>writes:
>> Now, I know that command/shift/3 gives you a dump of the screen in 
>> MacPaint format but how do I get a dump of the screen "With a menu dropped".
>
>Way back when, there was a DA called "Camera" which would do this.  It no 
>longer works under the current System.  The "solution" I'm using is to use 

You can get flash-it via anonymous ftp from sumex.stanford.edu, in the
file info-mac/cdev/flash-it.hqx, I believe.  Flash-it gives you an FKEY-like
command that will allow you to drag a rectangular box and copy it to the clip
board.  Other key sequences save the clipboard to a file (neat in any case!)
or to the printer.  It works with 8-bit color, and multiple monitors as
well, and with menus pulled down.

If you are not familiar with anonymous ftp, give the command, from a Unix
machine (or use hyperftp, or stanford MacIP's ftp client if you have a Mac
on the net!)

ftp sumex.stanford.edu
give the user name "anonymous"
give your actual login identity as a password.  This allows them to log
where their files are going.

give the commands:
cd info-mac
cd cdev
ls flash*
(this is to get the filename right.  Assume it is flash-it.hqx)
get flash-it.hqx

You will need to unbinhex, and unstuff the file; you can do both with stuffit,
which is also there -- but how to unstuff stuffit?  You should be able to find
it from a friend.

Kudos to Nobu Toge for writing such a fine utility!


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Michael D. Crawford
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