How to make a screenshot (command line) 1

[Themuppeteer]

How can I make a screenshot of my graphical screen,(I'm not working in KDE or GNOME) ? (to jpg or gif)

thnx. Greetz,

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[abbeman]

import -window root screen.jpg

will capture your entire screen image onto the file screen.jpg

 

[Themuppeteer]

thnx abbeman for your reply.
But I do not have the import file...
Could you mail it to me please ?
themuppeteer@hotmail.com Greetz,

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[abbeman]

Well, I could, but it's dynamically linked and it's linked to 22 different libraries, so giving you the executable you'll have a dandy ol' time trying to get it running

I really can't find any source code for it either...weird.

 

[Themuppeteer]

thnx anyway Greetz,

The Muppeteer.

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[abbeman]

Well, otherwise you can always use the Gimp, or search freshmeat.net for screenshot programs, I found a few...if you don't mind using graphical ones, that is =)

 

[Themuppeteer]

the problem is,the linux machine only has a keyboard,and does not have KDE or GNOME, only the most primitive
graphical X-screen possible (you know,the grey screen with the mouse cross on it). What is gimp ? it isn't on my machine either. Greetz,

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[abbeman]

The Gimp is a project to create an industrial strength image editing and manipulation tool, a la Photoshop. It's also, I believe, where GTK stems from (GTK = the Gimp ToolKit).

Hmm, after some digging in the rpm:s of the RedHat system I'm on right now, it seems it's included in the ImageMagick package, info and download is available at

http://www.imagemagick.org/

 

[Themuppeteer]

Can I use it command line ? Greetz,

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[abbeman]

Which one? The Gimp? Nope, it's very much graphical.

Or do you mean the ImageMagick thing? Their site is quite lynx-friendly, so go for it =)
The import utility is strictly command line, yes.

 

[Themuppeteer]

olraidy, I'll give it a try Greetz,

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[Themuppeteer]

Jippie!
in the magick program,there was the "import" executable,
and with that and your previous information,I managed to
get my screenshot

Thnx a lot abbeman! Greetz,

The Muppeteer.

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[abbeman]

No prob, thanks for the star =))

 

[shieh]

How can I exec or call and Unix command within a C++ program. Is there anyone there can help me?

Thanks

Shieh

 

[Themuppeteer]

Yeah, sure check the forum on execvp,
there is certainly enough infomation
about it. (I know,cause I asked the same question a while ago X-) ) Greetz,

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[Themuppeteer]

Oh yeah, and btw you'd better start a new
thread for a new subject. Otherwhise it will become a mess.
If you have time,... become a member Greetz,

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[newmangj]

if you are going to use exec* in your program you had also better look at the fork man pages as the exec family of calls replace your current code with the exec'ed code - in other words the exec* call is the last thing your application ever does....

You may also like to look at the system() api call as well. This allows your application to spawn off a separate application and remain intact.