Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!jww From: jww@sdcsvax.UUCP (Joel West) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: MacDraw data structures. Message-ID: <1128@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 18:12:56 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.1128 Posted: Thu Oct 3 18:12:56 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Oct-85 14:54:37 EDT References: <463@ttrdc.UUCP> Organization: CACI, Inc - Federal, La Jolla Lines: 24 Summary: Technical notes In article <463@ttrdc.UUCP>, fjo@ttrdc.UUCP (Frank Owen ) writes: > Does anybody out there know the format of data structures that > MacDraw uses? What's the difference between a drawing stored in > PICT format and MacDraw format? What IS the PICT format? The format of a QuickDraw picture is now published as a Macintosh Technical Note. A subscription to same is allegedly available from Apple. (alleged only in that I sent a check and have seen no issues, but have copies of a friend's). Before this published standard, Bill Atkinson told me the following at the MacWorld expo in SF: 1) Look at the end of the QD section for "Standard" procedures. 2) Write your own program to trap and journal each standard call 3) Replay the picture with DrawPicture and watch what happens. If you're trying to convert from a PICT to DVI, this is probably the best approach anyway--you get a structure instead of a bit stream. Joel West CACI, Inc. - Federal (c/o UC San Diego) {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!jww jww@SDCSVAX.ARPA