Re: Print/export full canvas

"Peter P." <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:53:57 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.multimedia.puredata.general
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* João Pais <[email protected]> [2026-02-20 12:35]:
> Hi all,
> 
> I wanted to print a full canvas, which isn't possible to make fully visible,
> because it's too large. So screengrab doesn't work (the canvas is 113270x448
> pixels, and I need to do it several times).
> 
> I tried printing it, but it only prints the part that is on-screen. Would
> there be a way of printing the complete canvas, including the non-visible
> part?
Try https://deken.puredata.info/library/patch2svg-plugin ?
 
> Also, it seems that canvas sizes are limited to the screen size? Probably
> that's a tcl/tk limitation.
No, they can be larger. You only need to find a way to tell your window
manager how to, or edit the 
	#N canvas 1181 866 658 305 12;
message of your patch in a text editor.

best, P

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