Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 20:32:30 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Andrei A. Dergatchev" <A.Dergatchev@tn.utwente.nl>, "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view Message-ID: <049701bffd36$23c83d50$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> References: <DBB3921EFE2AD211A81500A0C9B5FE760579452C@msg04.scana.com> <06a801bffc9d$73c1a9c0$1600010a@pmr.com> <014e01bffcb8$7d46fed0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <20000802215841.A36147@mithrandr.moria.org> <01a201bffcc0$9f2c6370$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> <2000080222
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There's a message in the mailing list archives from Giorgos Keramidas about the "script" command which is presumably what I was thinking about. "script"starts recording whatever is on screen, & "exit" stops the thing. Apparently the output is saved as a file "typescript" in the /current directory. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrei A. Dergatchev" <A.Dergatchev@tn.utwente.nl> To: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 5:58 PM Subject: Re: new books, changing my pt. of view > 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=965287304.2084 04502&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=965287304.2084 04502&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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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