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Re: GraphicConvertor 2.3.1 under E/D 1.99Q5



>>>>> "Rich" == Richard Steiner <rsteiner@skypoint.com> writes:
In article <ppVKxoHpvOwa089yn@skypoint.com> rsteiner@skypoint.com (Richard Steiner) writes:


    Rich> Just thought I'd toss out a correction to an earlier message
    Rich> I'd written about GraphicConvertor "limping" under
    Rich> Executor/DOS -- that isn't so at all with the latest
    Rich> bleeding edge version of E/D (1.99Q5)!

    Rich> Under 1.99Q, the new stile of settings dialogs in GC would
    Rich> cause E/D to exit gracefully, showing a dialog stating that
    Rich> it didn't support the kind of pretty icon display request by
    Rich> the dialogs (in not so many words <g>).  GC 2.2.2 would work
    Rich> fine, but 2.3.1 would not.

    Rich> This latest bleeding edge release seems to have added
    Rich> support for the stuff GC 2.3.1 is doing, and it looks like
    Rich> it's mostly fully functional.  I've successfully read and
    Rich> written Window BMP, Sun Raster, TIFF, PICT, and GIF files,
    Rich> and done some playing around with the drawing tools.

    Rich> Yay!

Cotton has been busy.  1.99q6 works even better.

    Rich> Two notes:

    Rich> (1) GraphicConvertor appears to be somewhat dependant on
    Rich> QuickTime for JPEG support.  Is there any way that E/D can
    Rich> do QuickTime?

Nope.  *At least* three months away, probably six or more.  Sorry.

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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