[NTLUG:Discuss] n00b question

[Steve Baker]

Tom Adelstein wrote:
> You have several options. I use gimp and under "File" choose "Acquire".
> You can then capture either the whole screen or a window.

I use 'xv' - similar deal, gimp works well too but it takes longer to
load.  There is also 'xwd' - I'll bet you could come up with half a
dozen others.

>>I'd like to do both the whole desktop as well as the active window.
>>
>>ctrl-print scrn and ctrl alt print scrn are not working.
>>
>>so.... what's the keystroke sequence?

It's really illogical to reserve an entire key sequence for such an
amazingly obscure function.  Think of all the thousands of things
you do more frequently than a screen capture that would be more worthy
of being bound to hot keys.

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