Re: Taking screenshots for manuals

[Claude Paroz <claude 2xlibre net>]

Le mercredi 17 juin 2009 à 20:28 +1000, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any rule for taking screenshot for manual (like theme, wm,
> fonts to be used..)?

The rule is to stick as close as possible with the default settings of
vanilla GNOME, that is Clearlooks theme.

> Also I'm wondering if we can use gtk-parasite or similar tools to
> "export" a gtkbuilder file out and store that as reference (svg would
> not be so good because theme changes lead to graphical changes).
> Localized people then can use that to produce localized screenshots.
> Distros may also benefit if they want a consistent look'n'feel across
> documents and real theme used by distros.

There is an open bug about this functionality:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433743

Feel free to add your ideas.

Claude