<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&ksnapshot;"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>The &ksnapshot; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Richard</firstname> <othername>J.</othername> <surname>Moore</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>rich@kde.org</email></address> </affiliation> </author> <author> <firstname>Robert</firstname> <othername>L.</othername> <surname>McCormick</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>c0029131@airmail.net</email></address> </affiliation> </author> <othercredit role="reviewer"> <firstname>Lauri</firstname> <surname>Watts</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>vampyr@atconnex.net</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Reviewer</contrib> </othercredit> <othercredit role="developer"> <firstname>Richard</firstname> <othername>J</othername> <surname>Moore</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>rich@kde.org</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Developer</contrib> </othercredit> <othercredit role="developer"> <firstname>Matthias</firstname> <surname>Ettrich</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>ettrich@kde.org</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Developer</contrib> </othercredit> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>1997-2000</year> <holder>Richard J. Moore</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>2000</year> <holder>Matthias Ettrich</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>2000-12-12</date> <releaseinfo>1.01.00</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para>&ksnapshot; is a simple applet for taking screenshots. It is capable of capturing images of either the whole desktop or just a single window. The images can then be saved in a variety of formats.</para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>Kapp</keyword> <keyword>kdeutils</keyword> <keyword>nothing</keyword> <keyword>nothing else</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <para>&ksnapshot; is a simple applet for taking screenshots. It is capable of capturing images of either the whole desktop or just a single window. The images can then be saved in a variety of formats.</para> <para>Please report any problems or feature requests to the <ulink url="http://lists.kde.org">KDE mailing lists</ulink></para> </chapter> <chapter id="using-ksapshot"> <title>Using &ksnapshot;</title> <para>This chapter describes the use of &ksnapshot; for capturing screen images.</para> <sect1 id="starting"> <title>Starting &ksnapshot;</title> <para>&ksnapshot; may be started by one of several ways as described below.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>You may start &ksnapshot; by selecting it from the <guisubmenu>Graphics</guisubmenu> submenu of the panel.</para></listitem> <listitem> <para>You may start &ksnapshot; by entering the following at the command prompt:</para> <screen width="40"> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>ksnapshot &</command> </screen> </listitem> <listitem><para>The mini command line (invoked with <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap> <keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>) may also be used to start &ksnapshot;</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Once &ksnapshot; starts, you will see a window like the following: <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="window.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject><phrase>&ksnapshot; Preview Window</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="taking-snapshot"> <title>Taking A Snapshot</title> <para> &ksnapshot; grabs an image of your entire desktop immediately after it is started, but before it displays itself on screen. This allows you to quickly create full-desktop screenshot images.</para> <para>The snapshot taken by &ksnapshot; is displayed in the preview window, which is located in the upper center of the &ksnapshot; application window. Below is an example of the preview window from &ksnapshot;. Your preview will differ depending on what you have displayed on the desktop.</para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="preview.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject><phrase>&ksnapshot; Preview Window</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> <para>The snapshot displayed may be saved immediately by clicking on the <guibutton>Save</guibutton> button. The filename that the snapshot will be saved under appears in the <guilabel>Filename</guilabel> box. If multiple snapshots are taken, the filename is automatically incremented to prevent you from overwriting previous snapshots. You may however edit the filename to anything you wish, including the name of a previously saved snapshot. </para> <para>To take a snapshot of a single window, enable the <guilabel>Only grab the window containing the pointer</guilabel> and then click with the <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> mouse button in the window you wish to capture. &ksnapshot; will display the new snapshot in the preview area, at which time you can choose to save the new image (by pressing the <guibutton>Save</guibutton>) or to grab a new one, by pressing the <guibutton>Grab</guibutton> button. This is &ksnapshot;'s default behavior.</para> <para>To take a new snapshot of the entire desktop, uncheck the <guilabel>Only grab the window containing the pointer</guilabel> option. &ksnapshot; will now capture the entire desktop if you press <guibutton>Grab</guibutton>.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="additional-features"> <title>Additional Features</title> <sect2 id="delay"> <title>Delay</title> <para>The <guilabel>Delay</guilabel> box allows you to enter an arbitrary time delay, in seconds, between the time that you press the <guibutton>Grab</guibutton> button and the time that the snapshot is taken.</para> <para>When a delay time has been set, you do not have to click the mouse button to capture a screenshot. This enables you to open a drop down menu, and take a picture of it.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="bottom-buttons"> <title>Buttons</title> <para>There are two further buttons located at the bottom of the &ksnapshot; window. There function is described below.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guibutton>Help</guibutton></term> <listitem><para>Activates the online manual for &ksnapshot;.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guibutton>Close</guibutton></term> <listitem><para>Closes the &ksnapshot; application.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title>Credits and License</title> <para>Program copyright</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>1997-2000 Richard J. Moore <email>rich@kde.org</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>2000 Matthias Ettrich <email>ettrich@kde.org</email></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Documentation based on the original, copyright 1997-2000 Richard J. Moore <email>rich@kde.org</email></para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> <appendix id="installation"> <title>Installation</title> <sect1 id="getting-kapp"> <title>How to obtain &ksnapshot;</title> <para>&ksnapshot; is part of the KDE project <ulink url="http://www.kde.org">http://www.kde.org</ulink>.</para> <para>&ksnapshot; can be found in the kdegraphics package on <ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/">ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/</ulink>, the main ftp site of the KDE project. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="requirements"> <title>Requirements</title> <para>A successful installation of KDE 2.0 is required to use &ksnapshot;.</para> <para>All required libraries as well as &ksnapshot; itself can be found on <ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org">The KDE FTP site</ulink> or one of it's <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/mirrors.html">mirrors</ulink>.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="compilation-installation"> <title>Compilation and Installation</title> <para>&ksnapshot; may be installed from the kdegraphics package either by installing a binary RPM or by compiling the source package.</para> <sect2 id="from-rpm"> <title>Installing from RPMs</title> <para>To install the kdegrahics package from a binary RPM you must be logged in as root. Assuming that the name of the RPM is <filename>filename.rpm</filename>, do the following at the command prompt:</para> <screen width="40"> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>rpm <option>-ivh <replaceable>filename.rpm</replaceable></option></command></screen> <para>Should you run into problems please report them to the <ulink url="http://lists.kde.org">KDE mailing lists</ulink>.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="from-source"> <title>Installing from source</title> <para>In order to compile and install &ksnapshot; on your system, type the following in the base directory of the kdegraphics distribution:</para> <screen width="40"> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>./configure</command> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>make</command> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>make install</command> </screen> <para>Since &ksnapshot; uses <application>autoconf</application> and <application>automake</application> you should not have trouble compiling it.</para> <para>Should you run into problems please report them to the <ulink url="http://lists.kde.org">KDE mailing lists</ulink>.</para> </sect2> </sect1> </appendix> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: sgml-minimize-attributes: nil sgml-general-insert-case: lower End: -->
