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Date:      Thu, 03 Aug 2000 09:58:04 +0200
From:      "Andrei A. Dergatchev" <A.Dergatchev@tn.utwente.nl>
To:        "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: new books, changing my pt. of view
Message-ID:  <3989260C.763D439D@tn.utwente.nl>
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About scripts to capture screen content - I searched deja and I found
that the most often recommended way to do it is to use XV.

At http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/ I download some pictures which
were made in this way to compare their sizes with those of Doug.
To use scripts one need to have X running, but then they are about 3-5
times smaller then those made with camera - probably might be useful
for lite version, esp. when amount of pictures grows to several dozens ?

Doug Young wrote:

> Thanks Andrei
>
> I know its a bit poxy right now

common it's fine.

> but I'm working on some updates that should
> make it halfway presentable in a week or so. I know FreeBSD has a script
> that lets one capture stuff printed to screen (anyone know what its called &
> how to use it ??) however I don't know that the script thingy is practical
> for
> a new installation.

[...]

Existing installation is required to use X-based XV . For "screen" utility I'm
not sure - can't test it at the moment.

Andrei

http://x62.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=522229779&CONTEXT=965287304.208404502&hitnum=96

"You can also run sysinstall in an xterm and use xv to grab that window. That is
what I did when I wrote http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/  which is a
 little stale.  I won't have time to get to updating it till 1st quarter 2000,
since I am involved with a real book contract."

http://x62.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=544558149&CONTEXT=965287304.208404502&hitnum=81

"Also, if you run "screen" first, you can press CTRL-A, H (i believe, don't
quote me).  And it'll write a hard copy of the screen to a file. "



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