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From: hiro <23hiro@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:28:23 +0100
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Subject: Re: [9fans] How to take a portion of a screenshot
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can't you take something like /dev/wsys/123/window ?

On 11/23/16, Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
>> I'm working on some documentation and would like to include a portion of
>> the screen in a particular window. What's a good way to take the shot but
>> also snip out the piece that I'm interested in?
>
> Making a screenshot is one of those delightful examples of
> the elegant simplicity of Plan 9:
>
>     cat /dev/screen >screenshot.pic
>
> To select a rectangle from an image you can use crop(1)
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