Re: [gtk-vnc-devel] API for capturing display to a pixbuf

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange redhat com>]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 09:05:08AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> >The attached patch adds a new API
> >
> >
> >    GdkPixbuf *vnc_display_get_pixbuf(VncDisplay *vnc);
> >
> >which captures the contents of the remote display into a pixbuf. The 
> >primary
> >motivation is that this pixbuf can then be saved to a file. eg this allows
> >the viewer to implement 'take a screenshot' functionality - I've added to 
> >the
> >example programs so that 'F12' saves the display to gvncviewer.png
> >
> >Dan.
> >  
> 
> Looks good.  Thanks!

I've not pushed this yet, because looking at it again, I'm not convinced
the code works correctly for non-TrueColour displays. I need to do more
testing of it. Also is your SHM code for QEMU around anywhere - it'd be
nice to test the SHM extension too ?

Dan.
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