#!/bin/sh # # screenshot -- a ridiculously simple frontend to xwd, best suited for # calling from your window manager. # # for example, i used WPrefs to make WindowMaker take a # full screen shot on PrintScreen and allow me to select # a window for a single screen shot (screenshot -i ) on # Shift+PrintScreen. does anybody know how to get the # current window ID out of windowmaker? # # if you don't like subsequent processing with gimp or xv # or [your favorite gfx app] then add in a call to convert # or something. # # muppet, 22 november 1999 # XWDOPT=-root while [ $# -ne 0 ] ; do case $1 in -i) # interactive, select window with mouse XWDOPT="-frame" ;; -h) # help me! echo "screenshot -- take a screenshot, duh..." echo "usage: screenshot [-i] [filename]" echo " -i interactive mode (select window with mouse)." echo " default is to take the root window." echo " filename save xwd dump to given filename." echo " default is to create a temp name of the" echo " form '~/xwd.'something." exit ;; *) # assume output file name OUTFILE=$1 break ;; esac shift done if [ -z "$OUTFILE" ] ; then OUTFILE=`mktemp $HOME/xwd.XXXXXX` if [ -z "$OUTFILE" ] ; then OUTFILE="$HOME/xwd."`date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"` fi fi xwd $XWDOPT > $OUTFILE