Bug 196491

Summary:	No write support for GIF image format
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Chris <chriswhy>
Component:	qt	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	alpha_one_x86, greg, yhager
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Chris 2009-06-14 15:53:41 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

Sometimes I need a region screenshot in GIF, as not everyone supports GIF. It's still an ubiquitous format, and I'm not sure why this was taken out?

This person remembers it having GIF support in SLED 10, which apparently used KDE 3:
http://forums.opensuse.org/archives/346232-how-add-ksnapshot-gif-format.html

So this feature simply wasn't ported over?

Comment 1 Chris 2009-06-14 15:56:34 UTC

In the description, I meant to say "not everyone supports PNG". Shouldn't there be an edit link somewhere? I don't see one.

Comment 2 Pino Toscano 2009-06-14 16:01:36 UTC

KSnapshot simply uses the image formats provided as Qt plugins, and the default Qt plugin for the GIF format is read-only.

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2009-12-09 21:35:59 UTC

*** Bug 143330 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2009-12-09 21:58:58 UTC

http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-1677

Comment 5 Dario Andres 2009-12-18 16:14:07 UTC

*** Bug 219154 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Christoph Feck 2015-10-28 11:16:51 UTC

*** Bug 354457 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***