planetwatt.com

Help and Support => Archives => wattOS R8 => Topic started by: teedee on October 25, 2014, 12:19:07 PM

Title: SOLVED - How do I do screenshot?
Post by: teedee on October 25, 2014, 12:19:07 PM

How do I do screenshot in wattOS? Lifehacker installation doesn't work :(

Title: Re: How do I do screenshot?
Post by: blaze on October 26, 2014, 07:53:11 AM

https://wiki.debian.org/ScreenShots

http://wiki.lxde.org/en/How_to_take_screenshots

Title: Re: How do I do screenshot?
Post by: teedee on October 26, 2014, 08:11:57 PM

Hi blaze,

If it was so easy like using PrtScr button I wouldn't bother anyone. I even tried to install some apps before but all failed because of some errors.

Unfortunately your links didn't help either :(

This is still the same problem with Linux.. It still requires high level of expertise to install even simple app.

Title: Re: How do I do screenshot?
Post by: BALLOON a.k.a. Fu-sen. on October 27, 2014, 10:44:15 AM

The MATE version supports screenshot by Print Screen.
screenshot software is necessary for LXDE and Microwatt.
Because mtPaint has screenshot function, I use this.

Title: Re: How do I do screenshot?
Post by: teedee on October 27, 2014, 08:44:04 PM

Thanks BALLOON. It's not exactly what I wanted but it works at last :)
And mtPaint is pretty nice as well.

Title: Re: SOLVED - How do I do screenshot?
Post by: Maroman on December 16, 2014, 08:18:20 PM

actually for lxde version there is nothing installed out-of-the-box to take screenshots. try to find and install gnome-screenshot. works fine however prtscreen button doesn't work.

cheers,

Title: Re: SOLVED - How do I do screenshot?
Post by: biffster on January 04, 2015, 04:37:39 PM

Hi teedee - there used to be an app called lxscreenshot that I used that was from an ubuntu ppa (specifically really for lubuntu). I dont even know if its maintained anymore and have not looked since making the change to Debian.

I have trended towards simplifying my life and desktop and now I use scrot.

Its a command line tool, but you can also run it from the "run" dialog box in the menu and simply type the word 'scrot' and it takes a screenshot of whatever you have open and places it as a png in your home directory with a date time stamp. good for quick shots of something you want.

Then I use shotwell if I want to crop it, or convert to jpg, scale, etc.

tks,
biff