Screenshot Capability?

wallcraft · 10-21-2008, 03:32 PM

I continue to be amazed at how few E-Ink based ebook readers include a screenshot (make a copy of the screen bitmap) utility. So far only the iLiad (screenshot utility provided by users of the device) and the Kindle (one of several undocumented features) provide one. It is no accident that these are precisely the devices I own.

In the IRC channel logs I saw some indications of a screenshot program for OpenInkPot. Does one exist? It isn't documented in the user's manual.

One of the most important uses of the screenshot is to document the user interface. This is particularly significant for everyone, like me, without the right hardware to run OpenInkPot. It takes some time to make the screenshots, but it is easier than describing everything in words and can be a great advertisement for the software.

I will be buying an EZ Reader as soon as it is available, because I prefer a US-based repair service, with the intent to run OpenInkPot on it. If a screenshot utility is available by then I'll be happy to contribute to a screenshot based howto for OpenInkPot.

lunohod · 10-21-2008, 06:59 PM

AFAIK, a screenshot program for OpenInkpot doesn't exist yet. But you can run this command on your desktop linux computer to take a screenshot on V3:

Code:

DISPLAY=192.168.111.1:0 import -window root screenshot.png

wallcraft · 10-21-2008, 11:07 PM

The binary and (GPLed) source code for fbshot on the iLiad is available here. It is typically used by invoking a shell script which writes the image to a filename that includes the date after a 30 seconds delay (to allow you to get to the needed screen). See fbshot via the contentlister.

lunohod · 10-22-2008, 10:17 AM

Thanks! It should be easy to make it run on OpenInkpot.

hansel · 12-31-2008, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lunohod

AFAIK, a screenshot program for OpenInkpot doesn't exist yet. But you can run this command on your desktop linux computer to take a screenshot on V3:

Code:

DISPLAY=192.168.111.1:0 import -window root screenshot.png

Fore reference: on the Iliad you have to enable access to the xserver in order to do that. It involves a modification to /home/root/start.sh

Code:

< /usr/bin/Xfbdev -screen 768x1024x8 -3button -dpi 160 -br -nolisten tcp &
> /usr/bin/Xfbdev -screen 768x1024x8 -3button -dpi 160 -br -ac&

h.t.h. somebody, took me a while to figure it out...
Happy 2009!

10-21-2008, 03:32 PM	#1
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Screenshot Capability? I continue to be amazed at how few E-Ink based ebook readers include a screenshot (make a copy of the screen bitmap) utility. So far only the iLiad (screenshot utility provided by users of the device) and the Kindle (one of several undocumented features) provide one. It is no accident that these are precisely the devices I own. In the IRC channel logs I saw some indications of a screenshot program for OpenInkPot. Does one exist? It isn't documented in the user's manual. One of the most important uses of the screenshot is to document the user interface. This is particularly significant for everyone, like me, without the right hardware to run OpenInkPot. It takes some time to make the screenshots, but it is easier than describing everything in words and can be a great advertisement for the software. I will be buying an EZ Reader as soon as it is available, because I prefer a US-based repair service, with the intent to run OpenInkPot on it. If a screenshot utility is available by then I'll be happy to contribute to a screenshot based howto for OpenInkPot.

10-21-2008, 06:59 PM	#2
lunohod OpenInkpot developer Posts: 211 Karma: 5627 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Device: N516,V3,PRS505,iLiad,eSlick,E60,K3,K4NT,M90,PB912,KoboMini	AFAIK, a screenshot program for OpenInkpot doesn't exist yet. But you can run this command on your desktop linux computer to take a screenshot on V3: Code: DISPLAY=192.168.111.1:0 import -window root screenshot.png

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10-21-2008, 11:07 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The binary and (GPLed) source code for fbshot on the iLiad is available here. It is typically used by invoking a shell script which writes the image to a filename that includes the date after a 30 seconds delay (to allow you to get to the needed screen). See fbshot via the contentlister.

10-22-2008, 10:17 AM	#4
lunohod OpenInkpot developer Posts: 211 Karma: 5627 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Device: N516,V3,PRS505,iLiad,eSlick,E60,K3,K4NT,M90,PB912,KoboMini	Thanks! It should be easy to make it run on OpenInkpot.