[Gimp-developer] Meaning of delay in screenshot plugin

[Clarence Risher]

On 2/5/07, Jakub Steiner <jimmac at ximian.com> wrote:
> Personally I'd rather have the screenshooter be a separate application.
> There is a good number of efficient workflows using existing tools
> (`sleep 5 && import (-window root) ~/Desktop/foo.png` [1],
> `gnome-panel-screenshot --delay 5 (--window)` , ksnaphot (don't know my
> way around that one)).

Shouldnt a (possibly slightly less) simple one-liner be possible
piping script-fu to gimp to call the screenshot plugin's APId
function(s)?  IMHO, we need to keep in mind that things accessible on
the interface dont neccessarily define the capabilities of the back
end.