Stupid Question: How to take screenshots?

[rjzak]

I looked around and couldn't find a way to take screenshots. The apps aren't in the repo, or not for Diablo. What does everyone here use to take screenshots on their N810s?

[TA-t3]

Check out some of those status bar 'load' applets. Several of them have a built-in screenshot capability: In addition to show you your current CPU usage, you can click on it and a little menu will pop up - in some of these tools there's a screenshot option. Look for the status bar applet applications, check the description, and see if it mentions screenshot.

I use 'load-applet-run' (if I recall the name correctly), but I'm not sure if it's still available for OS2008. I'm on OS2007.

[brendan]

like ta-t3 said, you can use load applets to start the process. I have osso-statusbar-cpu installed, and use two custom commands to take screenshots using the below code to call osso-screenshot-tool. the code takes a parameter of seconds (0 or 3 or whatever you want).

the custom commands that i have are:

Desc: Take screenshot now
Command: sh /home/user/sShot.sh 0

Desc: Take screenshot - 3 secs
Command: sh /home/user/sShot/sh 3

this assumes that you have the osso-screenshot-tool installed, and that the code below is in a file called sShot.sh and is located in /home/user/ and is set to executeable ("chmod 700 /home/user/sShot.sh" without the quotes, from command line using xterm). i also use flite to synth the completion. you can comment it out, or remove the line if you dont want to use it.
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#!/bin/bash
sleep $1

stamp=`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`
i=1
path=/home/user/MyDocs/.images
if mount | grep -q mmc
then
path=/media/mmc1
fi

while [ -f $path/shot-$stamp-`printf %02d $i`.png ]
do
i=$((i+1))
done
osso-screenshot-tool $path/shot-$stamp-`printf %02d $i`.png
flite "Screenshot complete"
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[dglent]

i did nt understand you have to install an application ?

[RockCreek1]

A related question: on the N900, is it possible to take a screen shot of the front camera image (using the "mirror" app)?

Thanks!

[EIPI]

The dates of the original threads indicate that the N900 wasn't in consumer existence yet. On a N900, you simply press Ctrl+P to capture a screenshot.

[dglent]

i cant do it,
the ctrl is in the top right of the keyboard ? with the symbol ctrl+sym ?

[AndrewG]

i cant do it,
the ctrl is in the top right of the keyboard ? with the symbol ctrl+sym ?

Press Sym Ctrl and the shift key (white arrow) and P all at the same time

[EIPI]

Yes, hit that button and 'p' at the same time.

On the N900, the screenshot is saved in the 'images' folder

[dglent]

ok i did it :) thanks


* Do you know any manuel of keybord shortcuts, tips like copy paste etc ?

[qwerty12]

ok i did it :) thanks


* Do you know any manuel of keybord shortcuts, tips like copy paste etc ?

http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Shortcuts_and_Gestures

[dglent]

thanks!

* is not very easy to search and navigate in the wiki of maemo.org

[noobmonkey]

ok i did it :) thanks


* Do you know any manuel of keybord shortcuts, tips like copy paste etc ?

ctrl+c = copy
ctrl+v = paste
ctrl+x = cut

My healthcheck app in extras-devel saves the front camera image... but tis still in extras-devel :( - gonna be a while before i push it intop testing, it works fine and i think with no errors, but still lots to do :)

[noobmonkey]

thanks!

* is not very easy to search and navigate in the wiki of maemo.org

i agree :( - but persistence normally gets you there.