[arch-general] no screen grabber

[Ben Oliver]

On 22 May 2015 at 20:07, Neven Sajko <nsajko at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22 May 2015 at 21:05, Neven Sajko <nsajko at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 22 May 2015 at 17:26, LoneVVolf <lonewolf at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >> How do I search for a binary screen grabber package?
> >
> > You should read the General recommendations wiki page to learn about
> > the Archlinux ecosystem and pacman, but incidentally I have my own
> > list of screenshot taking utilities which I can share:
> >
> > fbdump
> > fbgrab
> > maim
> > scrot
> > shutter
> >
> >  and
> >
> > community/simplescreenrecorder 0.3.3-1
> >     A feature-rich screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL.
>
> Note: those should be available in the binary repos.
>

I can vouch for scrot if you need un-fussy screenshots. You literally just
type 'scrot' and it takes a screenshot. I bind it to the print screen key
in i3.