[sles-beta] kde = ksnapshot - gnome = ?

[Frederic Crozat]

Le mercredi 29 avril 2015 à 09:05 +0200, Matthias G. Eckermann a écrit :
> Hello Dick and all,
> 
> On 2015-04-29 T 06:53 +0000 Waite, Dick (External) wrote:
>  
> > I need to take some screen shots to pass on to others.
> > With KDE I was happy with ksnapshot, with SLES 12 and
> > gnome I have tried a few of Googles results but they
> > are either not part of SLES 12 or very complicated.
> > 
> > gnome-screenshot --help will give you plenty of
> > options. -- This seems to be the one but it's not on
> > SLES12 or how to I load it?
> > 
> > For more options run shutter --help command -- This
> > looks quite good but again I can't find it on SLES 12
> > 
> > I'm sure there is something simple like ksnapshot, but
> > it's not jumping out at me.
> > 
> > Comments and help would be welcome.
>  
> I had the same issue, until I learned that it is too
> simple to believe: just press the "Print" key on your
> keyboard, and you have a "Screenshot..." file in your
> home directory.


> Now, if you do not want the full screen, you may press
> Shift-"Print" to select the region with the mouse. Press
> Enter, and done. Alt-"Print" gives you a screenshot of
> the window your mouse is over.
> 
> Admittedly, having the Screenshot* files in the home
> directory is not the perfect world, but the rest of
> this works quite well.

Slight correction, they will end up in your "Images" directory (it might
be translated, it is one of the "default" directories like Download,
Documents, etc..).

gnome-screenshot is part of SLED12 and Workstation extension for SLES12.


-- 
Frederic Crozat
Project Manager Enterprise Desktop
SUSE