Re: gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable for screenshots?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Michael Rothwell <rothwell holly-springs nc us> writes:
> Worked like a charm. Thanks! 
>
> Is there any way with X to get what would be visible under a window?

No, that information literally doesn't exist - it gets thrown
out/overwritten. (Be glad, otherwise your X server would use a lot
more memory and be extra-slow...)

This is why apps have to handle expose events.

Havoc