[1980] in SIPB bug reports
Re: Tektronix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chew@hplhcid.hpl.hp.com)
Tue Jul 16 20:31:52 1991
To: elredmon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 91 17:29:59 PDT
From: chew@hplhcid.hpl.hp.com
>
> Hello -
>
> I was wondering if there is a way to capture a screen image from a xterm
> tektronix window and then load it into a package like idraw so I can manipulate
> it and incorporate it into a LaTex document. The computer code I use displayes
> all of its pictures to a tektronix window so that part can not be changed. I can
> do what I want to on a PC by using a tektronix emulator VTEK and dumping the
> screen image to a LOTUS PIC file for loading into FREELANCE. VTEK can also dump
> to a ADOBE POSTSCRIPT if that is of any help.
>
> Thanks
> Everett Redmond II
>
> ps - sorry if this is the wrong email address to use but I couldn't find another.
>
>
Idraw reads in its own PostScript format. It is NOT a full postscript
interpreter and thus cannot do what you ask. Unfortunately, the ability
to manipulate screen dumps is pretty weak. I know of no program that
can easily do this for you.
-Chee
