On 7/17/07, Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Akki Nitsch wrote: > Hi everybody on the list, > > I'm testing the GIMP on various operating systems for my masterthesis > (in that i want to show the capabilities of open-source-software for > technical writing) and i hope that somebody could answer me the > following question (more to follow ;-) : > > As a programmer and technical writer for software i love the ability > of getting screenshots directly from and into the GIMP via the > "Acquire" submenu -> "Screen shot". > > <snip> Hi, Irrespective of operating system, doesn't just using the 'PrintScreen' key, then opening the screenshot in Gimp do the trick? Followed by 'Crop' to taste.
Actually, no. On Linux/X11/DWM, for example, it does.. precisely nothing. Gnome includes that keybinding you mention, so it will work if you are running Gnome, but not KDE. Also-- does a Mac keyboard even HAVE a PrintScreen key? Google saith: no, it doesn't :)
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