Starting xv
In any xterm window type xv.
A window with the xv logo will appear in a few seconds.
xv Controls
To get the control window, click the right button while in the xv window.
A new window will appear with a whole bunch of buttons along the right
hand side (this page would be better if it had pictures - someday).
Warning: xv doesn't work gracefully with some of the alternate
window managers like vtwm. It wants to display its windows
in your "home" window, regardless of where you are now, so if you don't
see a window pop up when it should, go look in your "home" window.
Taking the screen shot
xv takes pictures of single windows. To take the picture, click left on
the "grab" button, and then click left on the window whose picture you
want. The xv window will change to show the window whose picture you just
took.
Cropping your picture
If you want to keep only a portion of your screen shot, click the "AutoCrop"
button, then use the left mouse button to select the top left corner of
your crop area, and hold the left button down until the bounding box is
around the area you wish to crop. When you have the correct area
identified, then
click on "Crop" in the main window, and you should see the cropped
picture. If you don't like it,
click "Uncrop" and you will get your original screen shot back.
Changing the colors
If you want to play with the colors, then you can bring down the "Windows"
menu and select "Color Editor", and change things around. Most selections
have a "reset" option on them if you don't like the effect; also, nothing
is saved until you explicitly say to, so don't worry about ruining your
picture.
Saving the screen shot
Click left on the save button and a new window will appear with an area
in which you provide a filename for the saved file, and lots of options
on the format in which to save the information. You'll probably want it
to be postscript if you are printing the image and gif if you are going
to use it on a web page. If you use postscript, it will bring up yet another
window and at the top right click left on the "preview" button, then click
"ok".
Using saved screen shots in xfig
Bring up xfig.
Select "Picture"; then, using the left mouse button, draw the rectangle
where you want the snapshot to go - don't worry about the size or shape
at this point, just more or less where you want it. When you've finished
with the rectangle, xfig will bring up a popup window.
Fill in your saved
file name in the box labeled "Picture Filename",
click the selection named "EPS" under "Type:", and
then click "apply".
Your picture will show
up in the box you outlined - it will probably look funny - not to worry.
Now click on the button at the bottom of the popup window labeled "Use
original size", which will make your picture its original size. If it is too
big or small, then you can use the "Scale" feature in xfig to resize it,
while keeping its original aspect ratio.
Mon Sep 28 14:21:18 EDT 1998