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From: Robert Eckardt <re@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
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Subject: Re: Screen capture program
To: justin@structured.net (Justin Ashworth)
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 10:48:07 +0200 (MET DST)
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> I'd like to capture my entire screen, but found that XV will only do a
> full screen capture if I make a square around the screen by dragging
> with the middle mouse button. Well, I don't have a middle mouse button.

Besides the tricks to emulate a third button, if your have at least a point
of the background visible, you can click with your left button on the root
window. This will grab the entire screen.

> Is there any package that specializes in the capture of an X-win
> desktop?

xwd lets you grab the screen without clicking at all.

> Justin Ashworth, justin@structured.net

Robert