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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Ben Logan wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 05:08:29PM -0400, Miguel Rosales wrote:
>> Hi List,
>> 
>> Anyone know how to make a snapshot of any screen in Linux, similar to M$ 
>> Windows when you have a windows and press Print Screen later go to Paint 
>> -> Edit -> Paste -> Save As, etc, etc
>
>Although you can do it in Gimp, I think a cool way to do it is with
>xwd.  For example,
>
>$ xwd >test.dump

GIMP opens the shot in a window, ready for manipulation or saving into any 
of several formats. Since I mostly need to save the shot as PNG or JPEG, 
using GIMP saves me some conversion steps. I also get instant feedback as 
to whether I got the shot right. If not, I close the window and try again.


Tony
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