On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 12:36:54PM -0800, Akkana Peck wrote: > Alex Pounds writes: > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:22:11PM +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > > > Any particular reason why you didn't use the screenshot feature of your > > > desktop for this? Just asking. > > > > Not everybody uses a desktop that has a screenshot feature built in. I > > don't, and whenever I want a screenshot I use the Gimp plugin. I would be > > very disappointed to see it removed. > > Same here. I have set up a desktop function that does a screenshot > via import (from image magick); but that doesn't allow me controls > like delays, and it saves to a file which I then have to open in > gimp as a separate step (and remember to delete later). I use it > for quickie "show someone on bugzilla or IRC what I'm seeing" snaps > but not for the important ones. > > For what it's worth, every time I see the question "How do I make > a screenshot?" posed on a beginner/intermediate Linux list, the > answer always ends up being GIMP. It's still the best method > that's not dependent on users running specific versions of > specific desktops. > I use alternatively 1) gimp-2.2 2) gimp-2.3 3) ksnapshot 1) when I need the delay that is missing in gimp-2.3 2) or 3) when I want to save time autocropping the window decorations 3) when I cannot use 2) and viceversa (taking gimp-2.3 dialogs snapshots for example or using gimp under MS Windows or ReactOS) Please do not revert to 2.2. IMHO the gimp-2.3 way is better than the 2.2 version, not the best. See ksnapshot for an example of a better interface. -- Marco Ciampa +--------------------+ | Linux User #78271 | | FSFE fellow #364 | +--------------------+ _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
