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

[Mark Szymanski]

Message: 7
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:22:30 +0930
From: "David Gowers" <00ai99 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Getting Screenshots directly into GIMP on
	different	operationg systems
To: Doug <doug_bainbridge at onetel.com>
Cc: Gimp Users List <gimp-user at lists.xcf.berkeley.edu>
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On 7/17/07, Doug <doug_bainbridge at onetel.com> wrote:

> >
> > 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".
>> > >
>> > >
>>     
> > <snip>
> >
> > 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.
>   


Actually, no.
On Linux/X11/DWM, for example,  it does.. precisely nothing. Gnome includes
that keybinding you mention, so it will work if you are running Gnome, but
not KDE. Also-- does a Mac keyboard even HAVE a PrintScreen key? Google
saith: no, it doesn't  :) 

<snip>

My experience has been completely the opposite. I run KDE on openSuse 10.2 with Gimp v. 2.2.13. Using the Print Screen key, I saved the image as .png, cropped it, saved that, and re-opened in Gimp. Ksnapshot took the screen capture almost immediately. I have not yet tried this on Windows as I resist using that OS at home; I get enough of that at work.

Regards,
  ~Mark