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Maim

maim (Make Image) is a utility that takes screenshots of your desktop. It's meant to overcome shortcomings of scrot and performs better in several ways.

Features

  • Takes screenshots of your desktop, and saves it in png, jpg, or bmp format.
  • Takes screenshots predetermined regions or windows, useful for automation.
  • Allows a users to select a region, or window, before taking a screenshot on the fly.

How to install

ArchLinux: 

$ sudo pacman -S maim

Example

화면의 일부를 선택하여 클립 보드에 저장하려면 xclip을 사용할 수 있습니다. 

$ maim -s -u | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i

Troubleshooting

Failed to detect a compositor

다음과 같은 에러가 출력될 수 있다. 

Failed to detect a compositor, OpenGL hardware-accelleration disabled...

picom을 설치하고 실행하면 된다.

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