Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Hul Tytus Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux screensaver Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1592506452 10996 166.84.1.1 (18 Jun 2020 18:54:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:30142 Thanks. This is the info I've been looking for. Hul St??phane CARPENTIER wrote: > Le 17-06-2020, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> a ??crit??: > > In comp.os.linux.misc, Hul Tytus wrote: > >> Also, any suggestion on a Linux system that isn't hindered with ubuntu's > > > > On Ubuntu, specifically, I believe a default screen shot tool (better > > than xwd) is by default bound to a keystroke out of the box. I don't > > recall which tool or the exact keystroke, but it saves images to the > > standard pictures directory and the keystroke is something involving the > > "prtsc" (print screen) button. Maybe just the button, maybe with shift > > or control? Try it out. > At first glance, I'd say it's KDE or gnome which come with it's > screenshot utility in ubuntu. > I don't know xwd, if you are looking for another screenshot tool, I find > maim very convenient. I just bind this and it puts my screenshot in my > directory : > maim ~/ScreenShots/scrsc$(date +%y%m%d_%H%M%S).png > If I want to select the zone of the screenshot, I've just to bind this : > maim -m ~/ScreenShots/scrsc$(date +%y%m%d_%H%M%S).png > And I've got a cursor which allows me to draw a rectangle. > There are others interesting features to, like waiting for a delay before > taking the screenshot. I'm not sure it's better than the one coming with > gnome or KDE, but if you have neither gnome nor KDE, you don't have to > install the full dependencies only to have screenshots. > I don't remember why I switched from scrot to maim some times ago. > -- > Si vous avez du temps ?? perdre : > https://scarpet42.gitlab.io