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authoruint <72694427+uint23@users.noreply.github.com>2025-12-15 18:09:44 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2025-12-15 18:09:44 +0000
commit7797bd2983f9eabe4c76752509fd058ed5853344 (patch)
tree81478d4bfc9b152b4c259de85a6cb7eb8d83c38e /xnap.1
parent3f455db8ad07ca1cba56ad02ebb5f17368d346cc (diff)
parent9d5460c1c69ffd14350a1016d98a0b1c20e1dd7d (diff)
Merge pull request #2 from r1w1s1/fix-build-and-docs
Fix build flags handling and clarify documentation
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@@ -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