Grab.app problems

[Gregor Alessi]

Hi Robert

On 27.04.2007, at 15:57, Robert La Ferla wrote:

> I noticed that I cannot from within a Mail compose window, grab a  
> screen selection using the Grab service.  It grabs the image but  
> instead of pasting it into the compose window, it pastes text from  
> the pasteboard.  I am surprised by this because this worked for  
> many years on NextStep and OpenStep.

I just reproduced it. I'd say it's a bug so feel free to send in a  
radar report.

>   I know there is a 3rd party app from Ambrosia but this is basic  
> functionality that should work.  Also, Grab only captures as a TIFF  
> and many Windows users can't display TIFF in an e-mail without some  
> effort.  Is there some way to configure Grab to use another image  
> format?

With OnyX ( http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/ 
onyx_tiger.html ) it's easy.

> Is there a workaround for the grab selection bug?
> i.e.  other than launching the app, grabbing the selection, saving  
> to a file, etc...

shift-command-4 will create a file on your desktop of the selected  
part of your screen.
this way is not as annoying as you describe, because you don't have  
to open the Grap.app.
but still - the service menu should work as expected.

Regards

Gregor