Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 07/16/2013 09:44 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > >> Menu > System > Synaptic >> and Just type the name of the application as it appears on the Menu and >> you are done :) >> If it is installed, a green box will be shown next to the name.

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Aere Greenway
On 07/16/2013 09:44 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: Menu > System > Synaptic and Just type the name of the application as it appears on the Menu and you are done :) If it is installed, a green box will be shown next to the name. If it is not installed, the check box will be blank. Easy as pie :)

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Augustine Souza wrote: > Here's another way: > > Launch the software. > > Then from a terminal, run `COLUMNS=150 ps -ef > ~/Desktop/out.txt`. > > Examine the last few lines of `out.txt` for the relevant command (which > very often is the name of the package as well

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Augustine Souza
Here's another way: Launch the software. Then from a terminal, run `COLUMNS=150 ps -ef > ~/Desktop/out.txt`. Examine the last few lines of `out.txt` for the relevant command (which very often is the name of the package as well). *** But sometimes, package names or ex

Re: Firefox not displaying text files

2013-07-16 Thread Andre Rodovalho
You might want to set FF to ask for instructions, or download, on the tab I said... 2013/7/16 Ali Linx (amjjawad) > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:21 PM, 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) < > rafaellag...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> BTW, why are you doing something like that? I'm just curious o_O >> >> >> > Same

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: > > I'm sorry to keep generating new entries on this stream, but it has been > extremely educational, and useful for me. > > -- Sincerely, > Aere > You can always start a new thread/email and ask whatever you want. You can also email me. We a

Re: Firefox not displaying text files

2013-07-16 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:21 PM, 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) < rafaellag...@gmail.com> wrote: > BTW, why are you doing something like that? I'm just curious o_O > > > Same here :D -- "All of us are smarter than any one of us." *Best Regards,* *amjjawad * *Start

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Aere Greenway
On 07/16/2013 01:31 PM, Lars Noodén wrote: If you have the full path to the program, you can use dpkg to retrieve the package name. e.g. dpkg -S /bin/ls Lars: Thank you once again for some very useful information. I tried it, and it worked: sudo dpkg -S /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot g

Re: Firefox not displaying text files

2013-07-16 Thread Lars Noodén
On 16.07.2013 22:21, 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) wrote: > I can open them, by "open with" or dropping onto FF. BTW, why are you doing > something like that? I'm just curious o_O Some files on the web are html, some are text, some are jpeg, some are png, etc. I happen to run across text files occasionall

Re: Firefox not displaying text files

2013-07-16 Thread Andre Rodovalho
FF handles text files as far as I know, just like handles XML, and now PDF... Even though, it's possible to set preferences on Applications tab... There you can set leafpad as a default app to open text files... 2013/7/16 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) > I can open them, by "open with" or dropping onto

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: > Ali, and all: > > > Thank you very much for the tip. > Anytime :) > The entry in menu of the app is "Screenshot", so that is no help. > Sometimes it helps, sometimes it does not, that is why I suggested the other way. > But the othe

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Aere Greenway
On 07/16/2013 01:30 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: Sometimes there is information about it at the end of the man page. See for example at the end of man tune2fs that it is part of the e2fsprogs package. Nio: Thanks again. In the case of gnome-screenshot, I didn't see anything at the end of the man

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Lars Noodén
On 16.07.2013 22:20, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 07/16/2013 11:07 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> If the program is available via the Lubuntu menu, right-click on it, >> select settings and check what command it is. > Nio: > > That worked. Right-clicking on it in the menu, and choosing > "Properties" yie

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-07-16 21:20, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 07/16/2013 11:07 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> If the program is available via the Lubuntu menu, right-click on it, >> select settings and check what command it is. > Nio: > > That worked. Right-clicking on it in the menu, and choosing > "Properties" yie

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Aere Greenway
On 07/16/2013 11:07 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: If the program is available via the Lubuntu menu, right-click on it, select settings and check what command it is. Nio: That worked. Right-clicking on it in the menu, and choosing "Properties" yielded the information I needed. This is very useful i

Re: Firefox not displaying text files

2013-07-16 Thread Rafael Laguna
I can open them, by "open with" or dropping onto FF. BTW, why are you doing something like that? I'm just curious o_O -- 紳癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) Lubuntu Artwork Team 2013/7/16 Lars Noodén > When I use Firefox to open a text file, one that should be MIME type > text/plain, the browser opens up

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Aere Greenway
On 07/16/2013 10:42 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Aere Greenway mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: On 07/16/2013 01:16 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: On 07/16/2013 08:33 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: [snip] The screen-shot tool I u

Firefox not displaying text files

2013-07-16 Thread Lars Noodén
When I use Firefox to open a text file, one that should be MIME type text/plain, the browser opens up an external application, leafpad, instead of displaying the text file. Is this something that's broken in Firefox in general? I'm seeing the problem in Firefox in both Kubuntu and Lubuntu. Regar

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Nio Wiklund
On 2013-07-16 18:42, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Aere Greenway > mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: > > On 07/16/2013 01:16 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: > > On 07/16/2013 08:33 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: > [snip] > > The screen-

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 07/16/2013 01:16 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: > >> On 07/16/2013 08:33 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: >> [snip] >> >>> The screen-shot tool I use (accessed via >>> Menu...Accessories...**Screenshot) >>> >> [snip] >> >> Which tool is it? There is noth

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Aere Greenway
On 07/16/2013 01:16 AM, Lars Noodén wrote: On 07/16/2013 08:33 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: [snip] The screen-shot tool I use (accessed via Menu...Accessories...Screenshot) [snip] Which tool is it? There is nothing in the Accessories menu in a default install of Lubuntu. regards, /Lars Lars:

Re: Video Problems - Saucy

2013-07-16 Thread Federico Leoni
2013/7/16 Ali Linx (amjjawad) : > When it comes to watching videos (movies or anything else), I turn to be Mr. > Lazy who just wants to sit back, watch and enjoy, no more, no less. I put > all my skills and experience away, and just think about one simple fact = > enjoy. That is why, these 'some a

Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Eric Bradshaw
but I'm asking just in case I missed something. The man page doesn't provide any information on this. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/attachments/20130716/eb9a2f24/attachment.html>

Re: Video Problems - Saucy

2013-07-16 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Andre Rodovalho wrote: > It's too much for this P4... it's not for nothing the new i3, i5, i7 > processors has specific pieces of hardware to encode/decode this high > compressed videos... > > I was curious about that, and I searched wikipedia, and checked that thi

Re: Video Problems - Saucy

2013-07-16 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Federico Leoni wrote: > 2013/7/15 Ali Linx (amjjawad) : > > > > Update: > > > > > > Media (Local File /home/Videos) : > > http://i42.tinypic.com/znmy3s.jpg > > > > > > VLC (VERY bad quality - tearing and sluggish): > > http://i40.tinypic.com/m7aq7n.jpg > > http://

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Ali Linx (amjjawad)
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Augustine Souza wrote: > I get the impression there isn't but I'm asking just in case I missed > something. The man page doesn't provide any information on this. > You did not miss anything :) I have done a deep search and 'scrot' simply can NOT capture the pointe

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Leszek Lesner
Am Dienstag, 16. Juli 2013, 10:30:21 schrieb Augustine Souza: > I get the impression there isn't but I'm asking just in case I missed > something. The man page doesn't provide any information on this. You are right. Scrot misses that feature. You could try gnome-screenshot tool or when you have i

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Augustine Souza
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Gerry wrote: > I can recommend 'Shutter' from the *buntu repositories, it includes many > options, such as delay & mouse cursor include. It is highly configurable & > can publish screenshots to various image hosting sites. > > Hi, I'm aware of alternatives. I pre

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Gerry
On 07/16/2013 07:33 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: On 07/15/2013 11:00 PM, Augustine Souza wrote: I get the impression there isn't but I'm asking just in case I missed something. The man page doesn't provide any information on this. It appears that "scrot" is a command-line-interface screenshot too

Re: Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

2013-07-16 Thread Lars Noodén
On 07/16/2013 08:33 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: [snip] > The screen-shot tool I use (accessed via > Menu...Accessories...Screenshot) [snip] Which tool is it? There is nothing in the Accessories menu in a default install of Lubuntu. regards, /Lars -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@list