On Monday 11 November 2002 13:03, FX Fraipont wrote:
How about using Gimp?
File > acquire > snapshot
ummm... several reasons - gimp isn't installed "by default" under SuSE 8.1 [tho' I know about it, and *might* install it at some point anyway] - I don't really know gimp well enough (as I said, I *know* about it -- haven't used it much) - therefore, I didn't know gimp does screenshots :) - and perhaps the ultimate reason, gimp takes AGES to "load" (yes, I suppose I could start an instance of it when the KDE desktop starts and keep it hidden, but why waste the resources?) As it stands now, the preferred order is ksnapshot (though I've never used it -- simply because it can link to the "printscreen" button and provide functionality I'm "used to" from windows, this gets the top vote) pixie -- close second; however it forces you to save the image to a file AND requires a file extension [umm, isn't that what "magic numbers" are supposed to provide?] "copy to clipboard" where I could then paste it directly into a document or drawing would be "preferred" [of course, I may find that ksnapshot forces the same save-with-extension requirement, so right now this is really a "we'll see..." ranking...] gimp: last due to startup time, though I suppose the order of operations of capture -> select all -> copy to clipboard -> paste into application does count for something :)