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Subject:Re: SCREENSHOTS FOR SOFTWARE ON UNIX? From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 12 Dec 1996 09:57:47 -0600
SUZANNE PYLE wrote:
> Anybody have any bright ideas on how to capture screenshots for software
> running on UNIX that can then be downloaded or fired up in a desktop pub
> tool on a PC?
If you're using X Windows, you should have a program called snapshot,
which allows you to capture windows, portions of windows, or your entire
screen to xwd files. (If you're using Frame, of course, you can use its
built-in screen capture utility.)
You can then use xv to convert the files to gif format for use on a PC.
At least I think you can...it's been a while since I used xv.
Good luck,
Steve
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