On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 09:51:15AM -0500, Penguin Lover Sean squawked:
> Is anyone able to recommend an app to take a desktop screen
> shot?
> Not one tied to any specific desktop environment.
Two off the top of my head:
1. the 'import' command from imagemagick.
2. the 'xwd' program
Depends on your needs, either of the two might be better:
the 'import' command allows you to specify the output file format,
whereas 'xwd' dumps the image to some X-specific format (that you have
to later convert using imagemagick or something else), so on the one
hand, 'import' can be simpler to use.
on the other hand, 'xwd' is quicker (in my experience) at dumping the
picture, since (I think) that it just pane-copies the drawable without
interpreting/converting it. 'import' always seems to have a delay that
feels about 0.5~1 sec.
For myself, I bind 'import' to interactive taking of screenshots, and
use 'xwd' for automated processes, such as creation of on-the-fly
miniature icons for the windows, where I dump first, and then call
imagemagick in the background to convert the result.
HTH
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