Re: xwd -screen
Re: xwd -screen
- Subject: Re: xwd -screen
- From: Rob Arthan <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:39:01 +0100
Vernon,
Thanks. But grab has exactly the same disadvantages for me in this particular situation as Control+shift+4 (see below).
I am trying to report what looks like an X11 bug here, not asking for work-arounds outside X11.
Regards,
Rob.
On 1 Aug 2011, at 18:24, Vernon Williams wrote:
> Monday, August 1, 2011, 12:13pm
>
> I personally like the Mac's built in Grab utility, which works
> very well for me. It lets you select a rectangle to copy, or
> a window to copy, or a timed window, or the whole screen.
> I keep it on my Dock and use it frequently. It saves files
> as tiff files, but then you can bring the file up in Preview
> (which is also keep on the Dock) and save it in virtually
> any format you want. I usually convert them to jpegs this
> way, for posting on the web. I also have my Dock set up
> to only show up when I move the mouse to the bottom of
> the screen, so it doesn't take up screen real estate or
> show up on full screen captures or the like.
>
> Vernon Williams
>
> On Aug 1, 2011, at 4:18 AM, email@hidden wrote:
>
>> Merle,
>>
>> Thanks. But xwd -screen really ought to work. The shift-command-4 method
>> isn't so good for me because if I use the shift bar to select the entire
>> window I don't get overlapping windows (which I want) and I do get the
>> Quartz title bar (which I don't want), so I have to click-and-drag, which
>> is more fiddly.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rob.
>>
>>> On the Mac, use shift-command-4. That will give you cross-hairs that you
>>> can click and drag to create the enveloping rectangle, of if you want an
>>> entire window, hit the shift bar and the entire window will be selected.
>>> That will save as a png file. Works with Mac native AND xwindows as well.
>>>
>>> Merle
>>>
>>> On Jul 30, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Rob Arthan wrote:
>>>
>>>> xwd creates perfectly good window snapshots unless I specify the -screen
>>>> option. With -screen, I get snapshots that looks like TV interference.
>>>> Unfortunately, I need -screen for a figure in a manual that shows a
>>>> window with another dialogue window on top of it. I have done it on a
>>>> Linux box now, but it would be nice if it worked on my Mac too.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Rob.
>
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