From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Allegro 2.11 grabber
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 20:00:05 +0000
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Christian Tamasiu writes:
>I always used the grabber utility of Allegro 2.1. However, I recently
>downloaded the wip version which includes a new, "improved" grabber.
>But to me this grabber seems to be much worse than the original one. 
>
>1. I not able to include bitmaps larger than 640*480. Whenever I try to
>grab the bitmap from a pcx-file, I'm only able to mark a part of the pcx
>which is as big as screen, 640*480. Can I get around this someway?

A very good point. It never occured to me that this would be a problem,
but you are absolutely right, it's a nasty restriction. I will fix it
this very evening :-) Thanks!

>2. Why doesn't the menu pop up any more when I press the right mouse
>button?

It still does, but it has become context-sensitive, so you have to click
on an object rather than anywhere on the screen background. I think this
makes it easier to use (one click to select an object and apply a
function to it, rather than you having to click twice), but please let
me know if you disagree...

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