Snapshot
Dominic Mitchell
dom at happygiraffe.net
Thu Dec 21 09:04:31 GMT 2000
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:53:06PM +0000, Mike Bristow wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:12:54PM +0000, Delroy Green wrote:
> > Are there any software available for FreeBSD to capture frames
> > (snapshots software) similarly to those for Windows.
>
> In X11? "xwd".
>
> Usage is roughly:
>
> bash$ xwd > my-x-window.xwd
>
> Your X cursor then becomes a "crosshair", which you put over the window
> you want to capture and click.
>
> xwd uses it's own file format; the gimp at least understands it.
The gimp can do screen shots too; check out the "Acquire" option.
Also, if you have it installed, xv will do the job.
Both of these are a little more flexible than plain "xwd".
-Dom
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