From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Chris McGee <newton688@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:39:11 -0500
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] How to take a portion of a screenshot
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Thanks Richard,

That is the kind of thing I was looking for. And yes, it's one of the reason=
s I'm liking plan 9. Each piece does one thing we'll.

Chris

On Nov 23, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote:

>> I'm working on some documentation and would like to include a portion of t=
he screen in a particular window. What's a good way to take the shot but als=
o snip out the piece that I'm interested in?
>=20
> Making a screenshot is one of those delightful examples of
> the elegant simplicity of Plan 9:
>=20
>    cat /dev/screen >screenshot.pic
>=20
> To select a rectangle from an image you can use crop(1)
>=20
>=20