Launch the gimp... File>Acquire>Screenshot
You can set up your desktop, set the capture timer, and move windows you don't want to appear (like The Gimp itself) to another desktop, etc. You can also take the live window, or the whole desktop... --jeremy Quoting "Todd A. Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Joe Giles wrote: > > > This is probably a pretty elementary question, but how can I take a > > screen shot of my desktop and paste it into Gimp? > > You can import directly into Gimp. For myself, though, I use a homemade > > wrapper around the ImageMagick utilities: > > > http://www.codegnome.org/scripting/showscript.php?script=scrshot.sh > > -- > "The only thing that helps me maintain my slender grip on reality is > the > friendship I share with my collection of singing potatoes." > > - Holly, JMC Vessel *Red Dwarf* > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list