Competition: How many keystrokes to create a screenshots?

flickerfly · l33t Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 677 Location: Lanham, MD

I'm looking (simply for curiosity sake) for the fewest keystrokes to a finalized screenshot and how many ways we can come up with for the creation of a screen shot.

I'd give away a prize for it, but I haven't anything to give except some chocolate covered pretzels and a dead 14" monitor. I'll share if you can figure out how to get them from me electronically. (No teleportation devices!!) :roll:

I was inspired by AutoBot's now famous "Gentoo Desktop--- Whats Yours Look Like ?" at https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=2460.

:!:

Rules:
1) keystroke count doesn't include "emerge <program>" or whatever you do for general config of said program.
2) keystroke count doesn't include opening a terminal
3) mouse click = keystroke

Let the games begin !!

perry · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 5:02 pm Post subject:

4

Click(1) the kmenu button
Navigate w/ the mouse, w/o clicking, to graphics, more programs
Click(2) on ksnapshot
Click(3) on save snapshot
Click(4) on save

I now have a file on my desktop named snapshotx.jpg (I've switched it to jpeg in the past, it defaults to png which is acceptable).

If I wanted just a particular window, say Mozilla, it would just be 2 more. One to check "Only grab the window containing the pointer", and a second to hit "new shapshot". Don't have to click the window, just move the mouse over it.

flickerfly · l33t Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 677 Location: Lanham, MD

Maybe I should have made a mouseclick more keystrokes. oh well...
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Matje · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 5:16 pm Post subject:

In Gnome :
Click actions ==> Screenshot ==> Type filename ==> Press Save
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flickerfly · l33t Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 677 Location: Lanham, MD

I know fluxbox is popular. Anyone have a quick procedure for fluxbox?
(I"ll count it as legal if you write a script to call from the menu as long as you share the full code w/ us.)
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fyerk · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 5:55 pm Post subject:

Note: You need ImageMagick for this to work.

Make a file called screenshot and put it in /usr/local/bin

Uranus · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 6:08 pm Post subject:

that's cheating!

I could just as easily put the same program on my gnome desktop (and have nautilus execute on 1 click)... and all I'd have to do is click once

morbuz · n00b Joined: 27 Dec 2002 Posts: 9 Location: Norway

Find the keycode for the PrntScrn-key using xev (in my case "111") and map this to some (preferably non-existing) key in ~/.xinitrc:

Mindstab · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 6:18 pm Post subject: GKrellM

Using the GkrellM shoot plugin its one click and a gkrellm*****.jpg is in my home directory, its a screenhot. Do it again and again, the timestamp that is part of the file name will change and you ll soon have a collection of screenshots.
right click it to configure the time out and if you want it to just grab a window instead of the desktop.
This is what I use for enlightenment and wil work fine for flux box and what ever other wm you use

idl · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 6:37 pm Post subject:

Asign your windows key to the above shell scripts, bingo 1 keystroke

Malakin · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 6:44 pm Post subject:

Mozilla mouse gesture? zero keystrokes...

flickerfly · l33t Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 677 Location: Lanham, MD

I really like that PrnScrn key hack for fluxbox. My hats off to Edge and Morbux.

Notice goes to Mindstab for bringing up the Gkrellm method. Where do I get that plugin you mention?

And for Uranus, go for it and publish your steps that others may benefit.

For Edge and Morbux:
Addition to your challenge:
Can it be adjusted to work with an "Alt + PrnScrn" combination catching just one window similar to the way that Windows PrnScrn works to catch just an open window?

I know where I work the win folks love to send screen shots of windows for diagnostics rather then typing out the error message. It might be a great thing to have available if gentoo or fluxbox makes a business desktop.
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flickerfly · l33t Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 677 Location: Lanham, MD

That's too bad as I have a ways to go before I'm able to grab such a task. Maybe I'll make a feature request though.

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S_aIN_t · Guru Joined: 11 May 2002 Posts: 488 Location: Ottawa

Malakin · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 8:24 pm Post subject:

Mindstab · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 8:57 pm Post subject:

/usr/portage/x11-plugins/gkrellshoot
emerge gkrellshoot
http://www.mindstab.net/msd/images/inferno/inferno-menu-net.jpg
you can see it... its a one liner lock|shoot
it can also be used to lock your screen with xlock. And its nicely configurable. Nice little tool.

flickerfly · l33t Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 677 Location: Lanham, MD

Thanks Malkin and S_aiN_t

FYI: Mouse Guestures are compatible w/ Phoenix.

Portion of the FAQ for installing:

flickerfly · l33t Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 677 Location: Lanham, MD

darktux · Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2003 1:59 am Post subject:

ChazeFroy · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2002 Posts: 27

The one command I always use is "xwd" because it does not matter what window manager you are using. Sure, it's a few extra keystrokes; but it's good to use this command instead of KDE- or Gnome-specific screenshot commands:

xwd -root > foobar

Then just fire up Gimp and convert it to your favorite format.

flickerfly · l33t Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 677 Location: Lanham, MD

ChazeFroy: What format does xwd create the file in?
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Matje · Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2003 2:41 pm Post subject:

I just had an idea :-)

Add one of the scripts above to your crontab: no more keystrokes, just wait untill the next *ZAP* :lol:

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flickerfly · l33t Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 677 Location: Lanham, MD