NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       xwd - dump an image of an X window

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       xwd  [-debug] [-help] [-nobdrs] [-out file] [-xy] [-frame]
       [-add value] [-root  |  -id  id  |  -name  name]  [-icmap]
       [-screen] [-display display]

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       This  argument allows you to specify the server to connect
       to; see X(1X).  Print out the Usage: command  syntax  summary.
  This argument specifies that the window dump should
       not include the pixels that compose the X  window  border.
       This is useful in situations where you may wish to include
       the window contents in  a  document  as  an  illustration.
       This  argument  allows  the user to explicitly specify the
       output file on the command line.  The default is to output
       to  standard  out.   This option applies to color displays
       only. It  selects  `XY'  format  dumping  instead  of  the
       default `Z' format.  This option specifies an signed value
       to be added to every pixel.  This  option  indicates  that
       the  window manager frame should be included when manually
       selecting a window.  This option indicates that  the  root
       window  should  be  selected  for the window dump, without
       requiring the user to select a window  with  the  pointer.
       This  option  indicates that the window with the specified
       resource id should be selected for the window dump,  without
  requiring  the  user  to  select  a  window  with the
       pointer.  This option indicates that the window  with  the
       specified WM_NAME property should be selected for the window
 dump, without requiring the user to  select  a  window
       with  the  pointer.   Normally  the colormap of the chosen
       window is used to obtain RGB values.  This  option  forces
       the  first  installed  colormap  of  the screen to be used
       instead.  This option indicates that the GetImage  request
       used  to  obtain the image should be done on the root window,
 rather than directly on  the  specified  window.   In
       this  way,  you  can  obtain  pieces of other windows that
       overlap the specified window, and  more  importantly,  you
       can  capture  menus  or  other popups that are independent
       windows but appear over the specified window.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The xwd utility is an X Window System window dumping utility.
   xwd allows X users to store window images in a specially
 formatted dump file.  This file can then be read by
       various  other  X utilities for redisplay, printing, editing,
  formatting,  archiving,  image  processing,  and  so
       forth.  The  target  window  is  selected  by clicking the
       pointer in the desired window. The keyboard bell  is  rung
       once  at the beginning of the dump and twice when the dump
       is completed.

ENVIRONMENT    [Toc]    [Back]

       To get default host and display number.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       X Window Dump File format definition file.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       xwud(1X), xpr(1X), X(1X)

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Tony Della Fera,  Digital  Equipment  Corp.,  MIT  Project
       Athena; William F. Wyatt, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory




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