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Date:      Sun, 7 Dec 2003 00:14:24 -0800
From:      Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
To:        Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: which tool for a screenshot?
Message-ID:  <20031207001424.052eed5f.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
In-Reply-To: <20031207002437.A40672@bsd.billschoolcraft.com>
References:  <20031206202820.GA54315@tao.thought.org> <200312062142.33979.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> <3FD2501A.5010200@daleco.biz> <20031207002437.A40672@bsd.billschoolcraft.com>

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On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 00:27:40 +0000 (GMT)
Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> wrote:

> At Sat, 6 Dec 2003 it looks like Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
> composed:
> 
> >
> > Looks like:
> >
> > 1.  Click File menu
> > 2.  Click Acquire
> > 3.  Select "screen shot" and follow prompts.
> >
> 
> In another Unix OS I used to use the following command from a
> xterm window and it would shoot the whole desktop and save it to
> the file I named in the command line.
> 
> 
> import -window root image.jpg
> 
> I don't seem to have the "import" command on FreeBSD.

I believe it's part of the ImageMagick port:

  # grep import /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick/pkg-plist
  %%X11%%bin/import
  %%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/ImageMagick/www/import.html

-Chris



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