Files

File menu commands are:

New

Open a new empty file.

Open

Open an existing file. If the file was created with an prior Gnome Crystal version, it will be open as it would have been in that version. If it has been generated with an ulterior version, new functionalities will be ignored. If the file is already opened, the program will ask if you want to revert to the saved version if any changed has been made and a view of this file becomes the active view.

Open in a new window

Open an existing file and places its first view in a new top level window. The new top level window is created first and if opening fails or if the selected file is already opened, this new window will remain opened with a new empty file. So, if you want to have a new file in a new window, you can use this command and click on the concel button in the file selection dialog.

Save

Save a file with all its opened view. Each view will be restored on next opening of the same file.

Save as

Save a file with a new name. ".gcrystal" extension is added automatically if it is not present at the end on the selected file name.

Export

Gnome Crystal can export a view contents to several file formats (but importation from such files is impossible).

VRML

The view contents are exported to a VRML file. The file so obtained may be opened with a viewer such as FreeWRL. The ".wrl" file extension is added automatically if it is not present in the selected file name.

PNG

The view contents are exported as a PNG image with default parameters. The image can be modified with the Gimp. The ".png" file extension is added automatically if it is not present in the selected file name.

Jpeg

The view contents are exported as a Jpeg image with default parameters. The image can be modified with the Gimp. The ".jpg" file extension is added automatically if it is not present in the selected file name.

Print

Prints the contents of the active window. Printing uses a window places top left of the screen. This window size may be modified inside the dialog box Settings the section called Printing parameters.

Gnome Crystal uses OpenGL to print the image. The color depth will be for this reason the one used by the X server.

Close

Close the file which owns the active window. if the file has been modified and not saved, a dialog box pops so to allow changes saving, ignore changes or abort file closing. When a file has been closed, empty top level windows are closed except one when no file remains open.

Quit

Quits Gnome Crystal after closing every window. If files have been modified, the user will be prompted if he wants to save the changes, ignore them or abort quitting.