Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

On Wed 28 Feb 2018 at 19:19:09 (-0800), John Conover wrote: > > With all the mystery issues concerning xwd(1), there is a workable > alternative: > > import jpg:- | display > > verified to work on xfce(1), fvwm(1), on Debian 7, 8, 9, i386, amd64. > > The argument "jpg:" can be any

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

With all the mystery issues concerning xwd(1), there is a workable alternative: import jpg:- | display verified to work on xfce(1), fvwm(1), on Debian 7, 8, 9, i386, amd64. The argument "jpg:" can be any ImageMagick recognized file, (i.e., gif:, png:, etc.) John Richard Hector

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

On 23/02/18 12:40, Brian wrote: > On Thu 22 Feb 2018 at 13:35:20 -0800, John Conover wrote: > >> >> xwd > myfile >> display myfile >> >> gives: >> >> "display-im6.q16: no decode delegate for this image format `' @ >> error/constitute.c/ReadImage/504." >> >> Anything else read the file

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

On Thursday, 22 Feb 2018 at 23:27, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > have a look at > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=853262 > > So does this work ? > > display xwd:myfile One more data point. Just tried this on my (testing+sid) system, relatively up to date, and display does

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

On 2018-02-22, John Conover wrote: > > Thanks, Thomas. > > My Debian 8 works OK, too. But the Image Magick for Debian 9 does not > read files made by xwd(1). > > I don't know if its a compile time configuration issue, or the file > format has been depreciated, or what-but it

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

On 2/22/18, Brian wrote: > On Thu 22 Feb 2018 at 13:35:20 -0800, John Conover wrote: >> >> xwd > myfile >> display myfile >> >> gives: >> >> "display-im6.q16: no decode delegate for this image format `' @ >> error/constitute.c/ReadImage/504." >> >> Anything else read

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

On Thu 22 Feb 2018 at 13:35:20 -0800, John Conover wrote: > > xwd > myfile > display myfile > > gives: > > "display-im6.q16: no decode delegate for this image format `' @ > error/constitute.c/ReadImage/504." > > Anything else read the file and do file conversions? xwd > myfile.xwd

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

Hi, have a look at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=853262 So does this work ? display xwd:myfile Only if still not work: John Conover wrote: > I don't know if its a compile time configuration issue, or the file > format has been depreciated, or what That's why i asked

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

Thanks, Thomas. My Debian 8 works OK, too. But the Image Magick for Debian 9 does not read files made by xwd(1). I don't know if its a compile time configuration issue, or the file format has been depreciated, or what-but it doesn't work on Debian 9. Thanks, John Thomas Schmitt

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

Hi, John Conover wrote: > xwd > myfile > display myfile > "display-im6.q16: no decode delegate for this image format This works for me in Debian 8. Even old xv can read the file, albeit with wrong background color. What do you get from file myfile In my test it says myfile: XWD X Window

Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

xwd > myfile display myfile gives: "display-im6.q16: no decode delegate for this image format `' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/504." Anything else read the file and do file conversions? Thanks, John -- John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/