Hilaire may be you should turn the copied canvas into a png because it is not clear how external tools will be able to do something with an internal representation of the screen.
Stef On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 6:18 PM, Peter Uhnák <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know about other platforms, but on linux the clipboard is > implemented in this 8kloc C file > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/blob/e0ce2d9d78c3c7b37bbc12cd8730c6a15f1f057c/opensmalltalk-vm/platforms/unix/vm-display-X11/sqUnixX11.c > > e.g. getting the selection > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm/blob/d06aa80a38bc1b6d1f4cc54301eca855273c3205/opensmalltalk-vm/platforms/unix/vm-display-X11/sqUnixX11.c#L902 > > From the comments around the code I gather that the author(s) were aware > that images can be copied around in clipboard. Whether it actually works I > do no know. > > (it would be if the clipboard-related code wrote itself into a nice separate > file/plugin :)) > > Peter > > > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Hilaire <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> A Dr. Geo user asked me about copying a DrGeo canvas view in the system >> clipboard, to past it in other tools as a text writer or any other >> editing tool. >> >> I looked in Pharo3 and Pharo6, I found text clipboard operation but it >> is not clear if there is support for other format? >> >> What about >> primAddClipboardData:data:dataFormat: >> >> I would like to copy and paste the DrGeo canvas as PNG content. >> >> -- >> Dr. Geo >> http://drgeo.eu >> >> >
