Am 11.03.2014 21:40, schrieb Thomas Lübking: > On Dienstag, 11. März 2014 21:06:20 CEST, Hongze Zhao wrote: >> Hi List, >> >> I am curious about how screenshot in an OS running Xorg works? I guess >> Linux does not provide such a system call or interface. Is screenshot >> implemented by calling a special xorg interface? > > Coding C(++): > XLib: http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/graphics/XGetImage.html > xcb: http://www.x.org/archive/current/doc/man/man3/xcb_get_image.3.xhtml > > As user tool, xwd should be available everywhere (?), the DEs provide > their own utils and there're plenty of other tools to provide this, but > afaik no common call to trigger the desktop aware screenshot utility. >
A look at xwd may also be helpful. re, wh _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
