Re: Print screen??

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 04/19/04

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    On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:52:56 GMT, Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote:
    >
    >
    > On 19 Apr 2004 05:26:33 GMT, John DuBois <spcecdt@deeptht.armory.com> wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >> In article <7augc.10041$hw5.8115@attbi_s53>,
    >> Gene Brabston <g.brabston@mchsi.com> wrote:
    >>>Is there a way to print the contents on the monitor with unix like the
    >>>"shift - Prt Sc" with DOS?
    >>
    >> If you're trying to capture a text screen, you can try these:
    >>
    >> ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/scobins/dumpscreen
    >> Reads directly from video memory, so only works on the console and only works
    >> for root.
    >>
    >> ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/scripts/capture
    >> Works on any device that supports the media copy sequence, and for any user
    >> with read permission on the device. Not as reliable as dumpscreen, though.
    >>
    >> John
    >
    > For the console, as root (unless you change the ownership of the device file):
    >
    > cat /dev/vcs? > file
    >
    > Where "?" is the number of the tty...
    >
    > If you use the pty manager "screen" (text mode) screenshots are just a
    > couple of keystrokes.
    >
    > Got to be a way to do this with X.
    >
    > I've crossposted the this to comp.os.linux.x

    This looks like it might do the trick:

    XWD(1) XWD(1)

    NAME
           xwd - dump an image of an X window

    SYNOPSIS
           xwd [-debug] [-help] [-nobdrs] [-out file] [-xy] [-frame] [-add value] [-root | -id id |
           -name name ] [-icmap] [-screen] [-display display]

    DESCRIPTION
           Xwd is an X Window System window dumping utility. Xwd allows X users to store window images
           in a specially formatted dump file. This file can then be read by various other X utilities
           for redisplay, printing, editing, formatting, archiving, image processing, etc. The target
           window is selected by clicking the pointer in the desired window. The keyboard bell is rung
           once at the beginning of the dump and twice when the dump is completed.

    AC 

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