Thanks for your efforts , but I am not quite sure what this plugin is supposed to do? I can put it on the page, make a set, save it as PNG snapshots.

On the other hand, I can resize it horizontally, but not vertically.

Regards,
radovan

As already said in PM: Sometimes dreams come true.
- I confirm the resizing problem.
- Area regions must be expanded, otherwise the snapshot contents is shifted by the amount of hidden vertical space.
- Would be fine if the choice of saving location could be kept or if the default would be the location of the sm-file.
- Would also be fine to launch the complete snapshot production upon save of the file.

I have asked in the past for such a feature. This provides an automated way for update of images used in any type of documents. You may link them to word or ni latex files. The idea was to automatically update all images of the pdf handbook without touching them, e.g. after new SMath releases or after bugfixes of plugins.

I am using the latex front end LyX for writing handbooks and the like. This program can embed external material, by describing what type of source generates the image, what program does open it and what image format it produces.
Thus you may click a snapshot in your editor, SMath is launched, youn can edit the contents, save and exit, and have the image updated. That can be as convenient as Mathcad used to be in former times.

In the example, the snippet region is collapsed, the contents of the exported file is from somewhere below the snapshot region.

Sorry for the confusion. LinSolve(2) is from Maxima, I forgot to switch that back to the snippet version LinSolve(1). Just remove the second argument, then the file should run.

The plugin is going to go public soon. One of our students is doing a great job with the coding work, I am doing the specification/docs and the testing. We just want to have the user interface (functions) to settle a bit. You find some doc preview in the SVN activebook. You can use the waiting time to install Maxima (plugin developed and tested under win only).

UPDATED

- fixed vertical shift when the frame is below collapsed regions;
- change of background behind resize's placeholders (when the region is focused);
- default save folders on dialogs is desktop for new documents, otherwise worksheet's path;
- added Italian and German translations.

Edited by user 19 September 2013 07:52:08(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Davide,

I suppose you figured out how to use Greenshot and to see the resize arrow because you deleted the question in your previous post (You are right, I am using it as well). Just in the Preferences set to see the mouse and increase the the time delay in order to have enough time to change the mouse appereance.

Regards,
Radovan

Edited by user 19 September 2013 15:23:03(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

UPDATED

- changed top and bottom ribbon height (better look on tag wrap and region resize);
- small fixes.

Currently, the snapshot region is fine, if you have dedicated SMath documents for generating these snapshots. However, if you want to use these documents as parts of the help system (e.g. Activebook) then the current region formatting is a little distracting. Would it be possible to hav an (optional) less dominantly structuring design, lets say like proposed in this post?

UPDATED

- compact mode;
- fixed frame position when descriptions are shown.
[edit & updated] - forced transparent background on resizing.


* if you need to update sheets where there are Snaphot Regions, add inside the worksheet code the attribute

Edited by user 24 September 2013 13:53:28(UTC)  | Reason: updated

I can do it, but are you sure? if you want just to resize the region and you go outside the placeholders, the region will resize (just to ask, I agree with the "less things as possible" approach)...

[edit] I'm thinking about a visual change on mouse over...

Edited by user 25 September 2013 20:44:03(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified