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timufeat

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Registered: 2006-11-01

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How to take screenshots

How can I take screenshots in xfce? I want to take shots of individual windows, as well as of the whole screen.

I have seen references to a screenshot panel plugin, but have been unable to find a download for it. I am using Slackware 11.0.

Nick

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Registered: 2005-02-17

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Re: How to take screenshots

Use The Gimp

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natxo

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Registered: 2007-01-28

Posts: 7

Re: How to take screenshots

you can always use xwd. From a terminal do xwd -out filename.xwd and then clik on the window you want to capture the screen from. crude, but effective

p0ng

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Registered: 2007-01-25

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Re: How to take screenshots

you can use the command import:

$ import -w root image.jpg

and see the image.jpg image

or

$ sleep 2; import -w root image.jpg

to wait 2 seconds

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timufeat

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Registered: 2006-11-01

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Re: How to take screenshots

Thanks for all your help.

The 'import' program suits my needs best - I can produce images in the format I want (usually PNG), which 'xwd' doesn't do, and it is quicker to load and use than the gimp.

lucidmind

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Registered: 2007-01-29

Posts: 8

Re: How to take screenshots

or simply use scrot which makes high quality pngs and gives them proper names (date and time.png) and saves them into ur home directory

cristianpark

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Registered: 2012-05-25

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Re: How to take screenshots

A too old thread but I want to put my two cents on a way of making this more transparent to final user. I made this script [1] that takes the screenshot and saves a png image (with a timestamp in the name) on Desktop of the user. I went to Keyboard Settings on Xfce menu and configure the proper shortcut for taking screenshots with Print Screen key

I hope it can help others having this issue

[1] http://www.mediafire.com/?d04y6186cotvmdt

secipolla

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Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 393

Re: How to take screenshots

A too old thread but I want to put my two cents on a way of making this more transparent to final user. I made this script [1] that takes the screenshot and saves a png image (with a timestamp in the name) on Desktop of the user. I went to Keyboard Settings on Xfce menu and configure the proper shortcut for taking screenshots with Print Screen key

I hope it can help others having this issue

[1] http://www.mediafire.com/?d04y6186cotvmdt

Just to mention that your script needs imagemagick.