[Gimp-user] Getting Screenshots directly into GIMP on different operationg systems

[Doug]

Akki Nitsch wrote:
> Hi everybody on the list,
>
> I'm testing the GIMP on various operating systems for my masterthesis
> (in that i want to show the capabilities of open-source-software for
> technical writing) and i hope that somebody could answer me the
> following question (more to follow ;-) :
>
> As a programmer and technical writer for software i love the ability
> of getting screenshots directly from and into the GIMP via the
> "Acquire" submenu -> "Screen shot".
>
>   
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Hi,

Irrespective of operating system, doesn't just using the 'PrintScreen' 
key, then opening the screenshot in Gimp do the trick?
Followed by 'Crop' to taste.

Doug