Print Screen: How?

hongman · 03-07-2005, 11:57 AM

Seems silly but, how do i do a Print Screen in Linux?

I hit the PrntScrn button and go to KPaint, but no option to paste...

Clueless me!

susefan · 03-07-2005, 12:02 PM

Looks like you are using KDE.

ALT-F2 will bring up a "run command" box.
So, run the command, "ksnapshot". It will
give you several options for a snapshot, including
"full screen", "window under cursor", and "region".

Save the snapshot to a png file, and use it as you wish.

Cheers.

hongman · 03-07-2005, 12:09 PM

Thank you!

jrdioko · 03-07-2005, 12:28 PM

Another handy way I recently found is to set a keybinding to execute a command like this:

Code:

import -w root ~/`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`.png

which will automatically take a screenshot and save the .png file in your home directory with a name consisting of the year, month, date, hour, and minute you took it (something like 200503070924.png). Things like ksnapshot or gimp's screen capture are nice when you want to choose a delay or other options, but I've also found it handy to be able to hit a key combination and get a quick capture immediately.

hongman · 03-07-2005, 12:39 PM

How exactly do I do that, i./e set what keys are pressed for the screenshot to happen? It doesn indeed sound quite handy...

jrdioko · 03-07-2005, 01:33 PM

You'd basically end up setting some key combination to execute that command. On KDE, it looks like you can configure key bindings in the KDE Control Center, but I use a different window manager so I'm not sure exactly where to go from there.

hongman · 03-07-2005, 01:47 PM

Ok, thanks anyways!!

I'll have aplay and see if I can learn a thing or 2.

wpn146 · 03-09-2005, 12:33 PM

Why not just do an ALT-PrintScreen?