[Freeciv-Dev] Re: rendering maps as single images

[Brandon Craig Rhodes <brandon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel L Speyer <dspeyer@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Why not just make the freeciv window really big (larger than your
> screen) and use GIMP's window-capture option?  It may not be the most
> elegant or scriptable, but it works.

This was actually my first thought, but on my system the GIMP will
only grab the part of the window that lies on the screen - making the
window larger by dragging its corner across my virtual desktop just
results in part of the window getting cut off.

What I really need is a way to create an X display that is scaled -
where windows and decorations and everything are reduced, so an
enormous desktop and its windows can fit on my screen.  I will have to
investigate whether there is a way to run programs inside proxy X
servers that reduce the magnification or something.

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Brandon Craig Rhodes   brandon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx   http://rhodesmill.org/brandon