Re: FVWM: taking screenshot of multiple / all desks / pages

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:22:40 +0000

On 24 Aug 2004 13:55:49 +0200, stu wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:02:03 -0400
> xavier <list.fvwm_at_natch.dyndns.org> wrote:
> >
> > I'm interested at making a screenshot of all my desktops and pages,
> > (my pager is 10x7x4)

I am not sure whether you want to get 280 images of resolution 1000x1000,
or 10 images 7000x4000. Or maybe one 7000x40000 image weighting 1GB. :)
All these options do not seem very usable.

> I would be interested to know too. Currently I use gimp for screenshots,
> but AFAIK gimp will also only take a shot of the current page.

I don't think X has a way to access the image of unvisible windows.
In short, the unvisible virtual pages simply do not exist, they should
yet to be formed by X, fvwm and applications.

But you may create an fvwm function that does what you want, like:

  GotoDesk 0
  PipeRead `import -window root /tmp/desktop-0.png >/dev/null`
  GotoDesk 1
  PipeRead `import -window root /tmp/desktop-1.png >/dev/null`
  GotoDesk 2
  PipeRead `import -window root /tmp/desktop-2.png >/dev/null`
  GotoDesk 3
  PipeRead `import -window root /tmp/desktop-3.png >/dev/null`

If you have 10 desks of 7x4 pages, you will need to repeat GotoDeskAndPage
and import 280 times. It may take about 15 minutes or more to create all
screenshots. Note, that your fvwm will be unfunctional during this time.

Regards,
Mikhael.
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