[GRASSweb-list]using png for konqueror created with convert

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 03:15:40PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 02:35:10PM +0200, Markus Neteler wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 02:14:08PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 01:49:28PM +0200, grass at intevation.de wrote:
> > > > Author: markus
> > > > 
> > > > Update of /grassrepository/web
> > > > In directory doto:/tmp/cvs-serv12794
> > > > 
> > > > Modified Files:
> > > > 	roadmap.html 
> > > > Log Message:
> > > > color cosmetics to match version box in index.html, changed to JPG
> > > > as konqueror doesn't like the PNG from Imagemagic 'convert'
> > > 
> > > I'm against using JPG for this, it is the wrong format for the task.
> > 
> > Even I don't like it. But GIF ... :-((
> 
> Yes, GIF would be worse.
> 
> > > This is a bug in convert.
> > Maybe.
> > 
> > > I used convert from 
> > > Debian GNU/Linux imagemagick Version: 4:5.4.4.5-1woody1
> > > (Version: @(#)ImageMagick 5.4.4 04/05/02 Q:16)
> > 
> > convert -v
> > Version: ImageMagick 5.5.2 12/01/02 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org
> > Copyright: Copyright (C) 2002 ImageMagick Studio LLC
> 
> Well, yours is newer than mine
> Maybe that is a bug in konqueror or openoffice.
> However we should find out and report it, 
> because it is possible to use some pngs.

Could be also the libpng or GD - it's not so easy to identify (and
I have no time for that).

> > > And could create a png understandable for konqueror (from KDE 3.1.2)
> > > without problems.
> > > 
> > > How did you create the roadmap?
> > 
> > OpenOffice1.1 -> PNG 
> 
> So you don't need convert at all to get the wanted PNG?

Same thing happens with

OpenOffice1.1 -> TIFF -> display roadmap_graphic. tiff
                           -> "Transformation, Crop" -> roadmap_graphic.png

> It might be an open office bug then?
I don't think so.

> You could try gimp to get the image you need.

Ah, yes. Next time! 

> >    -> display roadmap_graphic.png 
> >      -> "Transformation, Crop" -> roadmap_graphic.jpg
> > 
> > To get "convert" updated here is sort of difficult (and I am not root
> > on my machine and don't want to compile ImageMagick myself).
> 
> Not necessary I guess.
>