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6 xwd - dump an image of an X window
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9 xwd [-debug] [-help] [-nobdrs] [-out file] [-xy] [-frame] [-add value]
10 [-root | -id wdid | -name wdname ] [-icmap] [-screen] [-silent] [-dis‐
11 play host:dpy] [-version]
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14 Xwd is an X Window System window dumping utility. Xwd allows X users
15 to store window images in a specially formatted dump file. This file
16 can then be read by various other X utilities for redisplay, printing,
17 editing, formatting, archiving, image processing, etc. The target win‐
18 dow is selected by clicking the pointer in the desired window. The
19 keyboard bell is rung once at the beginning of the dump and twice when
20 the dump is completed.
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23 -debug Enable debug mode.
24 -d, -display host:dpy
26 This argument allows you to specify the server to connect to;
27 see X(7).
28 -help Print out the `Usage:' command syntax summary.
30 -nobdrs This argument specifies that the window dump should not include
32 the pixels that compose the X window border. This is useful in
33 situations where you may wish to include the window contents in
34 a document as an illustration.
35 -out file
37 This argument allows the user to explicitly specify the output
38 file on the command line. The default is to output to standard
39 out.
40 -xy This option applies to color displays only. It selects `XY'
42 format dumping instead of the default `Z' format.
43 -add value
45 This option specifies a signed value to be added to every
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47 -frame This option indicates that the window manager frame should be
49 included when manually selecting a window.
50 -root This option indicates that the root window should be selected
52 for the window dump, without requiring the user to select a
53 window with the pointer.
54 -id wdid
56 This option indicates that the window with the specified re‐
57 source id should be selected for the window dump, without re‐
58 quiring the user to select a window with the pointer.
59 -name wdname
61 This option indicates that the window with the specified
62 WM_NAME property should be selected for the window dump, with‐
63 out requiring the user to select a window with the pointer.
64 -icmap Normally the colormap of the chosen window is used to obtain
66 RGB values. This option forces the first installed colormap of
67 the screen to be used instead.
68 -screen This option indicates that the GetImage request used to obtain
70 the image should be done on the root window, rather than di‐
71 rectly on the specified window. In this way, you can obtain
72 pieces of other windows that overlap the specified window, and
73 more importantly, you can capture menus or other popups that
74 are independent windows but appear over the specified window.
75 -silent Operate silently, i.e. don't ring any bells before and after
77 dumping the window.
78 -version
80 This option indicates that xwd should print its version infor‐
81 mation and exit.
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84 DISPLAY To get default host and display number.
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87 XWDFile.h
88 X Window Dump File format definition file.
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91 xwud(1), X(7)
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94 Tony Della Fera, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena
95 William F. Wyatt, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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