Re: [Gimp-user] Screen Shot fails ...

[beppu@binq.org (John Beppu)]

[  date  ] 2001/09/05 | Wednesday | 08:33 AM
[ author ] Gunter Vanasse -- ACE Web Engineer <Gunter.Vanasse@Sun.COM> 

> Using GIMP 1.2.0, under the File->Acquire->Screen Shot menu, I bring up the 
> "Screen Shot" dialog box. I select "Grab Window without screen decorations"
> and then press the "OK" button expecting the crosshair. Instead, the "GIMP 
> message" poop-up appears saying "can't open file for reading".
           ^^^^hehe

I'm using gimp 1.1.29, and I experienced something similar,
yesterday.  It only happens 

    WHEN 
        I try to take a screenshot of a single window 
    WHILE
        a gimp menu is still on the screen.

I, too, get up pop-up that says "can't open file for reading".
Another thing I get is a message on STDERR from C<xwd> saying
that the mouse pointer could not be grabbed or something.

I'm not exactly sure what the problem is, but I thought I'd pass
this information on in case someone could use it to figure out
what's going on.

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