Hi Mackx,
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Originally Posted by Mackx
There is another trick to get a screenshot, it requires Xournal and the Mackxpatch: [...]
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You're so right about this! I discovered that a long time ago (exploring Xournal menus to see what they really did in order to enhance the translation ; ) and then completely forgot about it... ; ( Thanks for a great, great feature!!
A few comments:
-That code (and of course its corresponding menu) is present in DR800+ (v4 at least), so your solution is equally valid for its users.
-The 'trick' can be done without that menu if you just take a bit of care, so only your Xournal port is actually required:
Get your stuff together so you can get on screen whatever you want to take a picture of, and fire up Xournal right afterwards. When you activate the screenshot menu in Xournal, it will 'move' to the background so your subject is exposed and all you have to do is touch the screen with your stylus. This saves time, which relieves a bit of the pain of real-time operating on slow refreshing devices : )
-Xournal will only take a screenshot of any of the areas the screen is split into (document, tabs, status bar, see attachments) when touching it. Not a big deal, though.
So, while Xournal mostly solves the problem for good, I find it rather cumbersome to take screenshots, export them to PDF and then extract the images... therefore I am 99% happy but I still call unsolved on the original question -- call me nitpicky ; )
Maybe a python script could be executed that would invoke fbshot asynchronously with a delay switch and declare 'done' to the ctb, so it's not waiting for anything else when fbshot does its stuff? (I know nothing about python so please excuse my ignorance, but if it can be done like that, it sounds like something I could devote a couple of days to).
There's yet another partial alternative, albeit only for Mackxpatch users on the DR1000: when it is installed the 'wait' 'dialog' can be downsized or made invisible in the system settings (see last screenshot).