Appendix c, X windows system screen dump utility, C.1 overview – Tech Source Raptor X Servers for Tru64 UNIX User Manual

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C-1

Appendix C


X Windows System Screen Dump

Utility

C.1 Overview

C.1.1 TSI Screen Capture Utility


tsiwd

is a utility that dumps the contents of portions of the X

Window screen to a file. It stores the data in a graphics file
format that uses 24-bit lossless compression. This utility differs
from xwd in that tsiwd captures the data/contents from up to
32-bit planes, including the contents of layers created through
the Multiple Overlay eXtension (MOX). The tsiwd utility is
installed in /usr/bin/X11 directory.

C.2 Usage


The following is a description of the utility and its use:

prompt%

tsiwd [-debug] [-nodisplay] [-geometry

x,y,width, height] [-dev path] [-pcmap]
[-ppm | -bmp] [-imgfile filename]


The tsiwd utility saves the contents of an X Window (or
another region) and displays it on the screen. If the command
line argument -imgfile and the file name are provided, the
captured content is saved into a file.

By default tsiwd creates a new window and displays the
captured image in it. Specifying the "–nodisplay" option turns
off this feature. If the "-pcmap" option is specified, a private

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