From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Aug 3 0:56:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from utep.el.utwente.nl (utep.el.utwente.nl [130.89.30.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1DE037B7D6 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 00:56:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from A.Dergatchev@tn.utwente.nl) Received: from tn.utwente.nl (uttnb55.tn.utwente.nl [130.89.74.55]) by utep.el.utwente.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA30180 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:57:34 +0200 Message-ID: <3989260C.763D439D@tn.utwente.nl> Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 09:58:04 +0200 From: "Andrei A. Dergatchev" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en,ru MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view References: <06a801bffc9d$73c1a9c0$1600010a@pmr.com> <014e01bffcb8$7d46fed0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <20000802215841.A36147@mithrandr.moria.org> <01a201bffcc0$9f2c6370$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <2000080222 <023801bffcec$5874e340$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. " To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message