Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 22:20:27 01/25/98
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On January 25, 1998 at 15:20:10, Komputer Korner wrote: >For the PC environment there are lots of programs that do this including >Screen Thief. Also using print screen and Microsoft Word and or >Microsoft Paint will capture what is on the screen I'm sure there are many PC utilities that capture a screen region as a graphic (BMP, GIF, PICT, whatever). I have lots of Macintosh screen capture programs that do that. In my youth ;), I even wrote a review article on Macintosh screen capture utilities. For all of these, however, to post to r.g.c.c. or here, I must either manually type the text from the image, or use an OCR program. The unusual thing about the Mac utility Text Capture, is that it captures the TEXT displayed on the screen, as TEXT, not as a graphic. As a result, I can immediately paste the HIARCS PV into a posting/email messages. For example, I'll pull up HIARCS now, turn book off, and start is at the initial position, and use Text Capture to copy and paste the successive PVs into this post: 6»20 1 e2-e4 b8-c6 d2-d4 d7-d5 = 9 7»25 7 e2-e4 b8-c6 d2-d4 d7-d5 e4-e5 c8-f5 f1-b5 = 27 8»25 26 e2-e4 b8-c6 g1-f3 g8-f6 e4-e5 f6-d5 d2-d4 e7-e6 = 26 9»29 62 e2-e4 b8-c6 g1-f3 e7-e5 b1-c3 f8-b4 f1-c4 g8-h6 O-O = 27 This is much nicer than retyping PVs by hand (as I used to), if not as nice as having a log file feature, like Crafty and MacChess. (Actually, it would be nice if Rebel/Fritz/CM5500/HIARCS had a log file function - the KKKKup time control issue would be solved. Why is it that only freeware programs seem to have this function?). Which PC utilities do this (capture a screen element as text) rather than as a graphic? It would be nice to have such a utility to use with HIARCS PC.
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