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I am looking for an application that will allow me to include
X-Window screen dumps in Mac-produced documentation.  I can create
screen dumps on my SPARC with xwd or xgrabsc and these create various
internal representations that I can manipulate on my SPARC (e.g.
with the drawing application tgif).  However, I need to include
some screen snapshots inside some MSWord files.  I was hoping not
to have to go the full encapsulated postscript route -- there is
a facility called ps2eps-mac which might work but it seems like overkill.

I had an application I saved off the net called Display X/Sun which
looked like it might handle this but on my Powerbook 100 today, I couldn't
make it work (system 7.01 tuned).  There was a 1-page doc file that
cautioned that Sun raster images produced by xwd must be transferred in
binary mode and I did that but I couldn't get the app to process the
file successfully (Unimplemented trap error I recall).  Running under
6.08L, left the app unable to find a file it could open at all.

The doc identifies the author as Eric Anderson, eta@ic.berkeley.edu.
I fingered this userid at ic.berkeley.edu and didn't turn up any info.

So, anyone know more about this particular app (e.g. how to make it
work under system 6 or 7)?

Are there other alternatives?

I also know about ghostscript 2.5.2 on the Mac and its ability to
make picts, but I think there is an unacceptable loss in quality
in the resulting pict image.

Any and all help appreciated.

I will summarize useful results as I find them.

Thanks.

-- 
Jim Solderitsch

jjs@vfl.paramax.com

215 648 2831