On 07/29 07:17, Mart Raudsepp wrote: > Ühel kenal päeval, L, 29.07.2017 kell 13:20, kirjutas tu...@posteo.de: > > The task is already accomplished :) with a mixture of WM-based > > hotkey definitions and a delayed commandline utility (main,scrot, > > imagemagick). > > Addtionally I dont think that my X11 uses framebuffer (not shure > > about that, though)... > > Those tools work by using an inherent X11 security hole by reading out > the root window, it's not relevant to framebuffer in the kernel sense. > > Note that you can't use a global shortcut key in X11 while a typical > right click context menu is open, because these take a X11 grab and > even screen lock can't activate.. Then only the delay approach will > work (if desired then together with a shortcut if the shortcut key is > hit before opening the context menu). Fortunately in this case you only > wanted a dropdown in firefox, which isn't implemented like that. > This popup menu problem is solved with Wayland (most importantly the > not screenlocking aspect of it), but so is the root window security > hole, so the compositor/WM needs to take the screenshot and tools like > import/scrot won't work. >
Hi Mart, THAT is interesting, thanks a lot...didn't know that. On the other hand "security holes" make me nervous somehow... Cheers Meino
