Re: [Gimp-user] Windows Version lacks 'Select a region to grab'

[Pat David <patdavid gmail com>]

Windows generally doesn't capture the mouse pointer when doing screen
grabs. Irfanview does have an option to grab it if you want. Also, win has
a handy built in screen capture program: windows snipping tool.
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:09 PM Dora Smith <villandra gmail com> wrote:

> It has never occurred to me to use GIMP to do screenshots.  At face value,
> that sounds like extra work, kind of like using WORD to do screenshots.
>
> I use Screenshot Captor, for Windows 7.   It is excellent, and has all the
> options you need.  You can select, crop, resize, and do some other things
> I've not had to do, and save it in quite a variety of formats.   It even
> saves it in its own screen and then you can just open the program and drag
> and drop to email screenshots.
>
> Ubuntu has good screenshot programs available through the software manager,
> and I like them as well.
>
> But what version of Windows are you using?   Ofnuts' guess brings to mind
> the fact that Windows 8/ 10 has serious identity confusion; it often thinks
> it's a tablet.   "Can't get the mouse pointer when doing a screenshot of
> the
> whole screen" - really?   LOL!
>
> You know, you could get a second hard drive and try out one of the Ubuntu
> flavors.   Unity most closely resembles Windows 8, and Kubuntu most
> resembles Windows XP, and if you add the Cairo dock (requires up to date
> video processor and its own Linux drivers if it has them), it resembles
> Windows 7.   Unity won't run if the video processor isn't up to date
> either,
> and it can be hard with gnome.   But if you've got Windows 8, the video
> processor is up to date, because it's a new computer.
>
> Dora
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ofnuts
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 5:57 PM
> To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Windows Version lacks 'Select a region to grab'
>
> Possiby a restriction due to Windows screen management. IIRC you don't
> get the mouse pointer when doing a screenshot of the whole screen.
>
>
> On 25/08/15 00:14, Pat David wrote:
> > on 2.8.14 (Partha's build), I only have "Grab a single window" and "Grab
> > the whole screen".
> >
> > So I'm going to say that there is no region selection for grabbing screen
> > shots in windows?
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:04 PM AJ <codechump gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I'm regularly an Ubuntu Gimp user, but have occasion to use Gimp on
> > > WIndows. When I have to use Windows, I was wondering if it's a version
> > > issue or missing plugin or something... but the Windows version doesn't
> > > appear to have the feature I love, that is 'Select a region to grab' in
> > > the
> > > Create | Screenshot option.
> > >
> > > Can anyone please advise?
>
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