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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: "Greg...-*smile*-" <greg@oz.plymouth.edu>
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Subject: Re: Screen capturing in side Xwindows
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On Sat, Nov 22, 1997 at 10:01:03PM -0500, Greg...-*smile*- wrote:
> I am trying to do a screen capture inside of Xwindows...does any one
> have any idea how i could do this...thanks

(excuse the reformatting for legibility's sake)

Yes.  If you want to capture a single window, use xv's 'grab'
function.  If you want to get the whole display, use xwd (in the Ports
Collection).  Both are adequately documented.

Greg