[SLUG] Initial thoughts on screen capture from Windows app

[Ross Kendall]

Hi John,

There are plenty of screen capture tools for linux.  I have never needed
to script them, but it seems many of them support it.

Here's a handy list:
http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-ubuntu-linux
(read the comments as well)

Cheers,
Ross.

John Allsopp wrote:
> Chris More wrote:
>> John Allsopp wrote:
>>
>>>> Can this be done in Windows, or would I actually be better running
>>>> it in Linux (my preference, obviously). So in Linux if I run
>>>> whatever the mock Windows app is called, would I be able to grab a
>>>> screenshot? And how would I do that in Linux?
>>>>
>>>> Just outline thoughts atm, I just wondered what's out there.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> J
>>>
>>>
>>> Is that it then, does this list no longer function like this? Or
>>> does no-one know how to do it? Or do I smell?
>>>
>>> J
>>
>> Windows - Smartision screencopy does the trick.  Here is a desktop
>> capture of my little webserver updated every 60 seconds and resized
>> to 640x480.
>>
>> http://notxats.yi.org/desktop.jpg
>>
>> Chris
>
> Y'see, we can do this when we try :-)
>
> Thanks Chris, much appreciated.
>
> Weird we know more ways to do this in Windows than in Linux. I know
> nothing about X, if that's anywhere close to the right place to be
> thinking of, but I'd have thought how to get at the screen model would
> be transparent to someone who does, but hey.
>
> J
>