Message: 7
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:22:30 +0930
From: "David Gowers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Getting Screenshots directly into GIMP on
different operationg systems
To: Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Gimp Users List <gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu>
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On 7/17/07, Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Akki Nitsch wrote:
>
>> > > Hi everybody on the list,
>> > >
>> > > I'm testing the GIMP on various operating systems for my masterthesis
>> > > (in that i want to show the capabilities of open-source-software for
>> > > technical writing) and i hope that somebody could answer me the
>> > > following question (more to follow ;-) :
>> > >
>> > > As a programmer and technical writer for software i love the ability
>> > > of getting screenshots directly from and into the GIMP via the
>> > > "Acquire" submenu -> "Screen shot".
>> > >
>> > >
>>
> > <snip>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Irrespective of operating system, doesn't just using the 'PrintScreen'
> > key, then opening the screenshot in Gimp do the trick?
> > Followed by 'Crop' to taste.
>
Actually, no.
On Linux/X11/DWM, for example, it does.. precisely nothing. Gnome includes
that keybinding you mention, so it will work if you are running Gnome, but
not KDE. Also-- does a Mac keyboard even HAVE a PrintScreen key? Google
saith: no, it doesn't :)
<snip>
My experience has been completely the opposite. I run KDE on openSuse 10.2 with
Gimp v. 2.2.13. Using the Print Screen key, I saved the image as .png, cropped
it, saved that, and re-opened in Gimp. Ksnapshot took the screen capture almost
immediately. I have not yet tried this on Windows as I resist using that OS at
home; I get enough of that at work.
Regards,
~Mark
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