[PLUG] Screenshots with Gimp 2.6.8

[Darren Couch]

or scrot.

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:39 PM, chris (fool) mccraw <gently at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 15:59, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
> >   Slackware-13.1 has gimp-2.6.8 included (yes, the GIMP is up to 2.6.11,
> but
> > I'm using what comes in the distribution 'cause it's always been Good
> > Enough). This version of the GIMP seems to have droped the screenshot
> > acquire feature. The menus have moved off the tool window and I cannot
> find
> > the acquire option anywhere.
> >
> >   Does anyone know where that capability has gone? Alternatively, what
> other
> > tool can do the job? (ImageMagick?)
>
> i use the old standby xwd.  i think it must ship with x11 or something
> because it's always Just Been There on whatever distro i've used.
>
> and xwd has the benefit that it does its work mostly on the command
> line (i can't imagine opening gimp just to take a screenshot--it takes
> seconds to launch, has more than one window, and i have to click in a
> lot of places..). imagemagick will convert its output into jpg's or
> whatever else you want.
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