Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 02:02:10 -0600 From: "Franklin Pierce" <franklin_pierce@operamail.com> To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Screen Shots Message-ID: <20030307080210.30861.qmail@operamail.com>
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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:41:44 +0200
To: Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org>
Subject: Re: Screen Shots
> On 2003-03-06 22:06, Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org> wrote:
> > For the life of me, I cannot remember the command line program to
> > take screen shots. Its been a while. If someone could remind me
> > with a man page would be great.
>
> There are quite a few ways. ImageMagick that someone mentioned has an
> `import' command. The netpbm collection of image conversion tools has
> xwdtopnm and pnmtopng:
>
> $ xwd -root | xwdtopnm | pnmtopng > desktop.png
>
> I have also used xv(1) from the graphics/xv port to grab, crop and
> convert parts of my desktop :)
xwd -root -out filename.whatever
both xv and gimp can display and manipulate and convert
these files at will, although an 8-bit greyscale of a
gnome app on a kde desktop, preferably last night's
mozilla (-fomit-frame-pointer -fmake-me-run-fast) . . .
I discounted an obvious reference to Hegel, but you
might get traction with something punkt-und-klikt.
It helps to have lots of transparent eterms, somehow
not as emacs as I'd envisioned, but if you use cat as
a pager, it could be right up your alley.
Love,
Franklin Pierce
"It's a new idea," said Jai.
"I'd better go and share it with the club before I become rigid and defensive about it," he added hastily.
--Joanna Russ, _And Chaos Died_
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