CutyCapt seems to ignore the Xvfb screen size parameters

Question

I have a problem using CutyCapt to create images rendered for a particular screen size.

For example, if I do these:

xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0, 800x600x24" \
  ~/bin/CutyCapt/CutyCapt --url='http://stackoverflow.com/search?page=2&tab=relevance&q=cutycapt%20xvfb' \
    --out=STACKOVERFLOW_1.png
xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0, 800x600x24" \
  ~/bin/CutyCapt/CutyCapt --url='http://stackoverflow.com/questions/65078/what-is-the-best-way-to-create-a-web-page-thumbnail' \
    --out=STACKOVERFLOW_2.png

I get images of sizes:

STACKOVERFLOW_1.png : 975x2611
STACKOVERFLOW_2.png : 975x2226

I believe any stackoverflow page will be of a width of 975 pixels. This is not what I asked (w=600).

Is it possible to create images using CutyCapt with Xvfb that are rendered for a particular screen width?

PS: uname -a yields Linux yalabs-linux0.yandex.net 2.6.27-17-server #1 SMP Fri Mar 12 02:48:52 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 02 '11 at 21:00

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CutyCapt is working as designed. The size of the X screen is irrelevant (unless the site's stylesheet depends on it, which is a terrible but common idea). Stack Overflow renders for a fixed width, regardless of the browser window width, so you get an image of that width.

answered Jun 02 '11 at 21:00

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

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Many thanks. I've got a confirmation from "the" source that this is a desired behavior. Alas. But thanks for your help. – bzdjamboo Jun 17 '11 at 21:52
@Dag That user hasn't logged in in months. It's a lost cause. He won't see your nag. – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Nov 26 '11 at 17:11
i had problems with the qt4 build of cutycapt ignoring my viewscene size. Rebuilding with qt5 solved the issue – x29a Feb 17 '17 at 09:50

CutyCapt seems to ignore the Xvfb screen size parameters

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