#comm/vt100/printscreen
05-Jul-88 01:46:33
Sb: #133215-#comm/vt100/printscreen
Fm: Ben Blish 72667,1341
To: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
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Yeah – and since there is no attribute map for that characters in the various
(many possible) console windows open, how do you know, for instance, if the top
ten lines are Ruby 12 pt and the bottom 14 are Topaz? Huh? You _need_ a text
map, and you _need_ an attribute map. Also, I think "print screen" here is
something we need to define. You can ONLY have a "printscreen" on the Amiga if
you go graphic. What you can (and should) have is a "print conwindow" which
offers the same basic capabilities that a messed-up dos machine has as a print
screen. But – you cannot DO this unless you have a record of what is there. You
can't even use pattern recognition if there are multiple fonts in the window –
if the guy is now in topaz, and he was in ruby, then the top lines are trash as
far as the pattern-parser is concerned. Really. This stuff seems pretty obvious
to me… gimme some source. I have itchy fingers. –Ben–