Language doesn't matter, libraries either, I just need the fastest way specifying the window (title or handle).
Thanks in advance
Mike
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Q:
What's the "fastest" way to take a screenshot of a specific window under Linux programatically ?
Thanks for the info, import is part of imageMagick if I'm not mistaken but xwd is native to linux and also can take a screenshot of a different workspace if I did read correctly. I tought using xlib and/or opengl directly could have been faster but I didn't found any information about that.
Mike
2010-07-21 22:43:49
Now I'm facing the problem where xwd doesn't work if the window is partially offscreen :(
Mike
2010-07-21 23:08:16
@Mike I thought i saw someone write "Language doesn't matter, libraries either"...
Anders
2010-07-21 23:19:04
@Anders, yes I did say that, I tought a native application could be faster but I guess I was wrong...
Mike
2010-07-21 23:24:52
I'm looking at imlib2 atm...
Mike
2010-07-21 23:25:28
I didn't think any program could get a snapshot of an offscreen (portion of a) window.
Joshua
2010-07-22 01:42:21
Well.. if you look at Compiz, they can actually do that but they don't provide any documentation unfortunately :\
Mike
2010-07-22 13:17:59
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Try:
import // man import for options
To take a snapshot of my pidgin client.
import -screen -window Kompislista foo.jpg // Kompislista is in swedish.
You can specify a lot of options, such as frame or window id.
Anders
2010-07-21 21:46:09
A:
take a look at gnome-screenshot also.
gnome-screenshot --help
You can take the active window screen shot with -w option.
thegeek
2010-07-22 08:26:49