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| author | r1w1s1 <r1w1s1@fastmail.com> | 2025-12-14 22:42:22 -0300 |
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| committer | r1w1s1 <r1w1s1@fastmail.com> | 2025-12-14 22:42:22 -0300 |
| commit | b8e0d8add81f9d71cfb62c0ff6f2e631a90b6a45 (patch) | |
| tree | 4f430a48eab409b2e80f4b16635c3978e29637ec | |
| parent | 32df818c67f148f7b849147a3ce8880d0f871592 (diff) | |
manpage: clarify stdout PPM output and usage
| -rw-r--r-- | xnap.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ xnap \- minimal X11 screenshot utility .IR n ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B xnap -captures screen contents from an X11 display and writes to a PPM6 image +captures screen contents from an X11 display and writes a PPM6 image to standard output. .PP By default, @@ -26,18 +26,18 @@ Capture the full root window; the whole screen. Capture the window currently under the pointer. .TP .BI \-s " N" -Capture screen N -.I n -as reported by the Xinerama extension. +Capture screen N as reported by the Xinerama extension. .SH OUTPUT .B xnap -writes a PPM (P6) image to stdout. +writes a binary PPM (P6) image to standard output (stdout). .SH USAGE Redirect output to a file or pipe it to another program: .PP .nf xnap > image.ppm -xnap \-f | converto... whatever.png +xnap -f > fullscreen.ppm +xnap -s 0 > screen0.ppm +xnap | convert ppm:- image.png .fi .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP |