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MAIM(1) MAIM(1)

NAME

maim - Takes screenshots

SYNOPSIS

maim [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

maim (MAke IMage) is a utility that takes screenshots of your desktop using imlib2. It´s meant to overcome shortcomings of scrot and performs better than scrot in several ways.

OPTIONS

--help
Print help and exit
-V, --version
Print version and exit

Options

--xdisplay=hostname:number.screen_number
Sets the x display.
-s, --select
Enables user region selection. Requires slop to be installed. (default=off)
-x, --x=INT
Sets the x coordinate for taking an image
-y, --y=INT
Sets the y coordinate for taking an image
-w, --w=INT
Sets the width for taking an image
-h, --h=INT
Sets the height for taking an image
-g, --geometry=WxH+X+Y
Set the region to capture
-d, --delay=FLOAT
Set the amount of time to wait before taking an image. (default=`0.0´)
-i, --windowid=INT
Set the window to capture. Defaults to the root window id.
--localize
Localizes given geometry to the given window. So maim -i $ID -g 100x100+0+0 --localize would screenshot the top-left 100x100 pixels of the given window, rather than the top-left 100x100 pixels of the root window. (default=off)
--hidecursor
Prevents the system cursor from showing up in screenshots. (default=off)
-m, --mask=STRING
Masks off-screen pixels so they don´t show up in screenshots. (possible values="auto", "off", "on" default=`auto´)

SLOP OPTIONS

--nokeyboard
Disables the ability to cancel selections with the keyboard. (default=off)
-b, --bordersize=INT
Set the selection rectangle´s thickness. Does nothing when --highlight is enabled. (default=`5´)
-p, --padding=INT
Set the padding size of the selection. Can be negative. (default=`0´)
-t, --tolerance=INT
How far in pixels the mouse can move after clicking and still be detected as a normal click instead of a click and drag. Setting this to 0 will disable window selections. (default=`2´)
--gracetime=FLOAT
Set the amount of time before slop will check for keyboard cancellations in seconds. (default=`0.4´)
-c, --color=FLOAT,FLOAT,FLOAT,FLOAT
Set the selection rectangle´s color. Supports RGB or RGBA values. (default=`0.5,0.5,0.5,1´)
-n, --nodecorations
Attempt to select child windows in order to avoid window decorations. (default=off)
--min=INT
Set the minimum output of width or height values. This is useful to avoid outputting 0. Setting min and max to the same value disables drag selections. (default=`0´)
--max=INT
Set the maximum output of width or height values. Setting min and max to the same value disables drag selections. (default=`0´)
-l, --highlight
Instead of outlining selections, slop highlights it. This is only useful when --color is set to a transparent color. (default=off)

EXAMPLES

Screenshot the active window 
$ maim -i $(xdotool getactivewindow)

Prompt a transparent red selection to screenshot.

$ maim -s -c 1,0,0,0.6

Save a dated screenshot.

$ maim ~/$(date +%F-%T).png

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2014 Dalton Nell <naelstrof@gmail.com>, Maim Contributors <http://github.com/naelstrof/maim/graphs/contributors>.
December 2014