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rufwoof
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Simple screen capture

#1 Post by rufwoof »

Alt-F2 usually presents a 'run' dialog

Scrot is a screen capture tool that is usually installed.

Press Alt-F2, enter a command such as

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scrot -d 5
and click OK and 5 seconds later there will be a screen capture image in your home folder.

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Re: Simple screen capture

#2 Post by musher0 »

rufwoof wrote:Alt-F2 usually presents a 'run' dialog

Scrot is a screen capture tool that is usually installed.

Press Alt-F2, enter a command such as

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scrot -d 5
and click OK and 5 seconds later there will be a screen capture image in your home folder.
Hi rufwoof.

Does that key combo exist in all WM's ?

Also, in the ex-factory DpupStretch-7, there is no scrot utility. For a basic
screen capture function, one can type < mtpaint -s > in console.

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musher0 wrote:
rufwoof wrote:Alt-F2 usually presents a 'run' dialog
Does that key combo exist in all WM's ?
Not sure musher0, certainly works in debian gnome and debian lxde. This web page suggests it also works in KDE and Xfce.

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#4 Post by musher0 »

Hi rufwoof.

Ah. Then probably not in other WM's unless you adapt their config file.

I remember that on some Puppies with jwm, a screen cap app is run by
hitting the "print screen" key.

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#5 Post by B.K. Johnson »

@rufwoof

Alt-F2 in tahr (and I remember from many earlier pups) is an alternative to the right-click functionality on the ROX header ... gives Send to, Layer, Stick option etc.
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#6 Post by rufwoof »

Thanks B.K. Johnson.

I've just been experimenting with ctrl-alt-f2 ... f7 multi user key combinations :) that switches to a login prompt (multi-user).

Log in as user, startx, ... multiple times (frugally booted). Make changes in one and its not reflected into the others i.e. totally separate instances. At least I guess that is until you save changes.

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