Re: xwd -screen
Re: xwd -screen
- Subject: Re: xwd -screen
- From: Rob Arthan <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:48:09 +0100
Jeremy,
On 1 Aug 2011, at 19:09, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> Yes, that is still a shortcoming in XQuartz. GetImage has a few bugs beyond these as well...
Thanks - as long as it's a known issue, that's fine by me.
>
> Your best resource really is cmd-opt-4 for screenshots .
Well I'll actually use xwd inside Ubuntu or Fedora inside VirtualBox for the time being, just because that fits better with the workflow I am used to!
Regards,
Rob.
>
> On Aug 1, 2011, at 10:45, Merle Reinhart wrote:
>
>> Rob,
>>
>> It just dawned on me you were having problem grabbing the entire screen with xwd. That may only work if X11 is run in fullscreen mode. When running rootless, there is no background screen that X11 knows about so xwd may be rather confused and thus producing garbage.
>>
>> As I recall, this was the case way back in the very first days of X11 on the Mac (ie, xwd didn't work in rootless mode way back then...those were the XFree86 days).
>>
>> Merle
>>
>>
>> On Aug 1, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Rob Arthan wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
>> X11-users mailing list (email@hidden)
>>
>> This email sent to email@hidden
>>
>
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
X11-users mailing list (email@hidden)
This email sent to email@hidden