Add a Screenshot-API (Plugin)
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Unity |
Opinion
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Wishlist
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compiz (Ubuntu) |
Opinion
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Opinion
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: compiz
Most other platforms provide neat ways to capture a screenshot while preserving transparency. KWIN added a functionality like that recently: https:/
KWIN is offering the API via DBUS.
In most cases we need hacky and ugly solutions to get similar functionalities when using compiz (try launchpad.
I would imagine to expose the following functionality via DBUS:
screenshot() //takes the whole desktop
screenshotWindo
screenshotWindo
It would also be a great contribution to all documentation-like projects and the blogosphere. The nicer the screenshots are, the more impressive is what they show. Currently most window-
Please let me know if I can do anything to help out here (e.g. how to write a compiz plugin).
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
affects: | unity → null |
no longer affects: | null |
Changed in unity: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Opinion |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Opinion |
Nice idea, but this is definitely a wishlist request.
Wouldn't it be more sensible if we decided on a way to do this which worked across all WMs? EWMH-based, perhaps, or at a common DBus address?