Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 09:31:06PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Am Do den 18. Feb 2021 um 18:57 schrieb Dominik Vogt: > > They tell the X server to do it, mostly by doing alpha blending, I > > think. X offers no reliable way to get any screen contents other > > than what you can see. Doing that o

Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

Am Do den 18. Feb 2021 um 18:57 schrieb Dominik Vogt: > They tell the X server to do it, mostly by doing alpha blending, I > think. X offers no reliable way to get any screen contents other > than what you can see. Doing that on the client is also really > too slow. Do you know, how? From my kn

Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 02:00:44PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Hi Dominik, > > Am Do den 18. Feb 2021 um 12:36 schrieb Dominik Vogt: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 06:48:45PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > > > seting the background (root window) to some image is easy. But is there > > > any way to get

Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

Hi Dominik, Am Do den 18. Feb 2021 um 12:36 schrieb Dominik Vogt: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 06:48:45PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > > seting the background (root window) to some image is easy. But is there > > any way to get the image content on fvwm root window back to an image? > > As far as I

Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 06:48:45PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > seting the background (root window) to some image is easy. But is there > any way to get the image content on fvwm root window back to an image? As far as I know the X protocol offers no way to retrieve the background pixmap of any wi

Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

Hi Rainer, Am Do den 18. Feb 2021 um 11:57 schrieb Dr Rainer Woitok: > On Thursday, 2021-02-18 10:44:03 +0100, you wrote: > > > ... > > Both just get the current visible desktop; with all windows ans other > > stuff that is ontop of the root window. > > That's something you can do with "xwd": >

Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

Klaus, On Thursday, 2021-02-18 10:44:03 +0100, you wrote: > ... > Both just get the current visible desktop; with all windows ans other > stuff that is ontop of the root window. That's something you can do with "xwd": $ xwd -root | convert xwd:- file.png > I want to get the content of the r

Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

Hi Rainer, Am Do den 18. Feb 2021 um 10:35 schrieb Dr Rainer Woitok: > > seting the background (root window) to some image is easy. But is there > > any way to get the image content on fvwm root window back to an image? > > A screenshot? Something like "xwd"? Or am I misunderstanding what you

Re: FVWM: Get the current content of root window

Klaus, On Wednesday, 2021-02-17 18:48:45 +0100, you wrote: > ... > seting the background (root window) to some image is easy. But is there > any way to get the image content on fvwm root window back to an image? A screenshot? Something like "xwd"? Or am I misunderstanding what you want to ach

FVWM: Get the current content of root window

Hi folks, seting the background (root window) to some image is easy. But is there any way to get the image content on fvwm root window back to an image? Regards Klaus -- Klaus Ethgen http://www.ethgen.ch/ pub 4096R/4E20AF1C 2011-05-16Klaus Et