What about merge them? Sure, emprint has a lot of goodstuff and the newer screenshot too......why waste effort in maitaining two good tools that practically do the same thing?
wouldn't be smarter to merge both projects, both perspectives into one much more rich application/module? 2011/8/25 Christopher Michael <cpmicha...@comcast.net> > On 08/25/2011 07:02 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:49:21 -0400 "J(tWdy)P"<jtw...@ttlc.net> said: > > > >> Has emprint been depreciated or something??? > >> > >> I ask about emprint because I'm used to using it in a few personal > scripts. > >> Some of which I've assigned keyboard shortcuts too. And I've got a new > >> installation of Sabayon Linux on my laptop. And Sabayon's "own" package > >> management system "entropy" doesn't seem to offer emprint. > >> > >> I would have just thought it was a Sabayon thing but when I googled > around > >> about it I came across something about a new E17 built-in "simple" > screenshot > >> utility coming down the pipe. (Which hasn't yet trickled down to any of > my > >> installed Linux distros yet) And it wouldn't be available when I'm using > E16 > >> or xfce like emprint is, in any case. > >> > >> And I'd really like to know if I need to take measures with the various > >> Linux installations where I still have it to prevent their package > managers > >> from automatically uninstalling it on me. At least until I find an > >> acceptable scriptable command line substitute that can be used > >> independently of which desktop I'm currently using. > >> > >> If emprint really is going away, can somebody recommend another desktop > >> independent CLI tool that I could modify my scripts to use? > > > No, emprint is not going anywhere. I plan to support it and keep it > alive ;) as it is much lighter than things like scrot, etc (because it's > efl based). Yes, e17 itself now comes with a simple screenshot tool, but > it is not as powerful as emprint (can't do regions, or grab specific > windows, etc). So no, emprint will be staying around for quite some time... > > > dh > > > import (imagemagick) > > > >> TIA > >> > >> -- > >> | ~^~ ~^~ > >> |<?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook > >> | ^ J(tWdy)P > >> | \___/<<jtw...@ttlc.net>> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K > The only unified storage solution that offers unified management > Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. > Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- Wido ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
