On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:23, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > I can't figure out how to create a printscreen. I've been asked by Mozilla
> > to send a printscreen of a certain page. I click on the printscreen /SysRq
> > button above the Insert button on the keyboard. But nothing seems to
> > happen. I don't see a printscreen file in my home directory. Just how do
> > you do this and what kind of "file" are you supposed to see?
> >
> > Thank you so much.
> >
> > Benjamin
>
> You will need a screen capture app. I'm not sure about KDE, but I know that
> there is a very good GNOME panel applet that can make screenshots. The GIMP
> can do this as well. KDE 2.2 (due August 6) will make the PrintScreen key
> work the way that you tried to use it (i.e. pressing it will copy the screen
> to the clipboard).
>
>
You can also use "import" from the ImageMagick suite - if you want
JPEG format remember to save the screen or window to a file with the .jpeg
extension.
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Len Lawrence @ The Thistle Foundation
