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Thanks. This is the info I've been looking for.

Hul

St??phane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
> Le 17-06-2020, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> a ??crit??:
> > In comp.os.linux.misc, Hul Tytus  <ht@panix.com> 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

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Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-17 20:12 +0000
  Re: Linux screensaver Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2020-06-17 15:37 -0500
    Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 18:48 +0000
  Re: Linux screensaver Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2020-06-17 21:05 +0000
    Re: Linux screensaver Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2020-06-17 21:54 +0000
      Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 18:54 +0000
    Re: Linux screensaver gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2020-06-17 23:26 +0000
      Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 18:55 +0000
    Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 18:52 +0000
  Re: Linux screensaver Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2020-06-17 23:37 -0700
    Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 18:59 +0000
  Re: Linux screensaver Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2020-06-18 10:15 -0700
    Re: Linux screensaver Rathbone <please@replytolist.com> - 2020-06-20 21:03 +0000
      Re: Linux screensaver Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2020-06-21 09:29 +0200
        Re: Linux screensaver Rathbone <please@replytolist.com> - 2020-06-22 20:20 +0000
          Re: Linux screensaver Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2020-06-23 10:07 +0200
      Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-22 20:15 +0000
  Re: Linux screensaver Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-06-18 17:57 +0000
    Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 19:01 +0000

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