paintutils.read()

When making a program, it can sometimes too tedious to make a screenshot.

A function such as

paintutils.read()

would be useful in many applications.

Some ideas I had:

• A sort of "screen sketch"
• Screenshots
• Live gameplay over Rednet (like YouTube Gaming or Twitch)

Command syntax:

paintutils.read(startX,startY,endX,endY,savePath)
startX, startY, endX, endY as a number
savePath as a string
Captures the specified region and saves the picture as a specified .NFP file.

CraftOS Built-in program

capture MyCapture.nfp

would capture the entire screen and save it as MyCapture.nfp

This makes no sense as a paintutils function as paintutils does not manage the screen. It would make more sense as a window function, and you can implement it yourself.

Also, doesn't the paintutils/nfp format not support text anyways?

apemanzilla, on 12 May 2018 - 10:12 PM said:

Also, doesn't the paintutils/nfp format not support text anyways?

nft includes background and text
nfp only includes background