visual selection of an area of the root window

[Lars Damerow <lars pixar com>]

Hello!

I'm writing a GTK-based screen recording application. It needs to have a
facility for allowing the user to make a rubber-band selection of an area of
the root window.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a clean way to do this? I imagine it'd
involve making a transparent window with no decorations to cover the root
window while the user selects an area.

thanks,
lars

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lars damerow
button pusher
pixar animation studios
lars pixar com

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