Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-23 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Alexey Vyskubov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to grab root window without such sophisticated procedure? xwd -root > file.xwd This format is a bit ... obscure, but it can be converted to ppm with xwdtopnm (in the netpbm package), and you can look at a captured image with xwud. I

Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-22 Thread Alexey Vyskubov
On Sun, Mar 22, 1998 at 01:11:03PM +1200, Carey Evans wrote: > > > My Afterstep window manager prevents xv from receiving clicks in root > > window. > > After left-clicking in a root window I see Afterstep's menu. xv still waits. > > Try setting a delay of five seconds, then selecting AutoGrab a

Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-22 Thread Carey Evans
Linux admin at alv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My Afterstep window manager prevents xv from receiving clicks in root window. > After left-clicking in a root window I see Afterstep's menu. xv still waits. Try setting a delay of five seconds, then selecting AutoGrab and moving the mouse over part

Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-21 Thread Linux admin at alv
On Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 02:47:36PM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > > It seems xv canot grab root window. When I have to grab root window, I use > > to > > It sure can. Just left-click on a root window. > My Afterstep window manager prevents xv from receiving clicks in root window. After left-cl

Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-20 Thread aqy6633
> It seems xv canot grab root window. When I have to grab root window, I use to It sure can. Just left-click on a root window. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \

Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-20 Thread Alexey Vyskubov
On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 01:45:36PM -0500, Peter Galbraith wrote: > > > hello and thank you for replying to my message. Can you explain to me on > > how to use it. thanks again. > > $ xv > > - right click in xv window to get control panel window to appear. > - click on grab button to make `xv

Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-18 Thread Peter Galbraith
> hello and thank you for replying to my message. Can you explain to me on > how to use it. thanks again. $ xv - right click in xv window to get control panel window to appear. - click on grab button to make `xv grab' window panel appear. - choose your method. e.g. grab after 0 second

Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-18 Thread Paul McDermott
hello and thank you for replying to my message. Can you explain to me on how to use it. thanks again. -- Paul McDermott The Computer Braille Facility The University of Western Ontario University Community Centre 215 London, Ontario N6A 3K7 Phone: (519) 661-3061 Email:

Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-18 Thread GalbraithP
Paul McDermott wrote: > Hello everyone, thank you for all the help in the past and the help in the > future. I was wondering what package can I use to grab images from the > root window. ie an xterm or some other program. Any help would be > appreciated. I think xv will do but i'm not too sur

Re: grabbing root window images.

1998-03-18 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
xwd -root -silent > image.xwd This will output the root window in "X Window Dump" format. ImageMagick understands this format. I'm not sure if xv does. Paul McDermott wrote: > Hello everyone, thank you for all the help in the past and the help in the > future. I was wondering what package can I

grabbing root window images.

1998-03-18 Thread Paul McDermott
Hello everyone, thank you for all the help in the past and the help in the future. I was wondering what package can I use to grab images from the root window. ie an xterm or some other program. Any help would be appreciated. I think xv will do but i'm not too sure. Thanks in advance. -