How Do I take screenshots in linux?

[soulestream]

how do you get your screen shots in linux. ive never tried,nor thought about it till now.



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[gehidore]

Originally posted by soulestream
how do you get your screen shots in linux. ive never tried,nor thought about it till now.
I figured this could do with it's own thread .

Try from a console import oops -window root ~/blah.png

[infiniphunk]

Actually, use:
import -window root nameofyourfile.png
for this to work; "--window..." will cause (import: unrecognized option `--window'.) to be displayed.
...where "nameofyourfile" can be what you want to name your screenshot. png is just a file-type.
See the import man page on this (man import) to see just how much options there are with this command. It is incredible. A windows user's head would spin at the thought of it.


;)

[rocketpcguy]

import is very good, but if you really want a graphical interface, you can use (if it's installed) ksnapshot or gnome-panel-screenshot, or in the GIMP file menu, choose acquire screenshot.

[happybunny]

the GIMP lets you alter the size of the picture which is important since there is a limit to how big a file you can post

[Arjay]

how do you get your screen shots in linux. ive never tried,nor thought about it till now.

KDE has KSnapshot, think it is under utilities, not sure though.

[Icarus]

I just the the gkrellm plugin
http://gkrellshoot.sourceforge.net/

[infiniphunk]

just hit alt-F2 and type "ksnapshot" -this opens the ksnapshot dialogue-box.

BTW, nice edit,;)

[gehidore]

Originally posted by infiniphunk
BTW, nice edit,;)

typo, had to fix it.

[seabass55]

In fluxbox I put the following in my menu...

[exec] (Screenshot) {sleep 5 && import -window root screenshot.jpg}

Also if import isn't working for you makesure you install imagemagick

[pickarooney]

I'm looking for a key-press action to grab a screen. Neither command line or ksnapshot are useful for what I want to do as it involves taking a shot of an info-bubble that appears when passing the mouse over a link. Obviously, to take the screenshot with either of the above methods I need to move the mouse and the info-bubble/tool-tip disappears.

Are there any programs like SnagIt (http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/tour/capture.asp) where you can bind a Function key to take a snapshot and then select whether to capture a region, window or full screen?

[gehidore]

Originally posted by seabass55
In fluxbox I put the following in my menu...

[exec] (Screenshot) {sleep 5 && import -window root screenshot.jpg}

Also if import isn't working for you makesure you install imagemagick

heh, I used hotkeys, I don't even use the menu anymore.


Mod1 F9 :exec sleep 5; import -window root ~/ss/ss`date "+%d%h%H%M"`.png
Mod1 F10 :exec sleep 5; import -window root ~/ss/ss`date "+%d%h%H%M"`.jpg

[pickarooney]

Originally posted by gehidore
heh, I used hotkeys, I don't even use the menu anymore.


Mod1 F9 :exec sleep 5; import -window root ~/ss/ss`date "+%d%h%H%M"`.png
Mod1 F10 :exec sleep 5; import -window root ~/ss/ss`date "+%d%h%H%M"`.jpg


Interesting... what file(s) do you need to add those lines to?

[gehidore]

Originally posted by pickarooney
Interesting... what file(s) do you need to add those lines to?
This was for fluxbox so

~/.fluxbox/keys

[bsm2001]

in KDE just hit the prt scr key.

[pickarooney]

Originally posted by bsm2001
in KDE just hit the prt scr key.

And then it's on the clipboard and I can paste it to xpaint or something? Didn't work last time, maybe I need to hit it harder.