I recommend using the 'convert' from the ImageMagick package. With 'convert' you can use:
convert X:<windowname> <filename>.gif If you don't know what the window's name is use the 'xwininfo' command. Eric House wrote: > I want to take a screenshot of a window running under X and eventually > to convert it to a .gif file. > > I assume the Gimp can handle the conversion. But how does one get a > screenshot under [Debian] Linux? Is there anything comparable to > Snapshot (on Solaris), for example? > > Thanks, > > --Eric House > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | from the desktop of: Eric House, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | "The instructions said 'Win98 or better' -- so I installed Linux" | > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
