Cannot create gif file in batch mode.

Alexander Zvyagin (zvyagin@mx.ihep.su)
Sat, 12 Sep 1998 16:48:12 GMT+03:00


Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 16:48:10 +0000
From: Alexander Zvyagin <ZVYAGIN@mx.ihep.su>
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Subject: Cannot create gif file in batch mode.
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Dear ROOTers!

I tried to create gif-file in a standalone program without graphics via call
TPad::Print("filename.gif","gif") and got the message:

Cannot create gif file in batch mode.

It's not big problem (well, realy this is not problem at all :) )
because I can create PostScript file. But I'm curious: why there exist
that limitation?

With best wishes,
Alexander Zvyagin.