Is there a way to get scrot to capture the mouse cursor?

[Gerry]

On 07/16/2013 07:33 AM, Aere Greenway wrote:
> On 07/15/2013 11:00 PM, Augustine Souza wrote:
>> I get the impression there isn't but I'm asking just in case I missed 
>> something. The man page doesn't provide any information on this.
>>
>>
> It appears that "scrot" is a command-line-interface screenshot tool, 
> and its man-page has some of the parameters of the GUI screenshot tool 
> I use.  I don't know if "scrot" can do it, but a GUI screenshot tool can.
>
> The screen-shot tool I use (accessed via 
> Menu...Accessories...Screenshot) has two "Effects" check-boxes. The 
> first one "Include Pointer" means to include the mouse pointer (if 
> checked).
>
> But to get it, you also have the check either the "Grab the whole 
> screen" or the "Grab the current window" radio button, with a "Grab 
> after a delay of" value long enough for you to put the cursor where 
> you want it - possibly hovering over something that produces a 
> tool-tip display.
>
> After selecting the radio-button, and the check-boxes (and the delay), 
> click the "Take Screenshot" button, then position the mouse cursor to 
> where you want it.  After the delay, it will take the screenshot (with 
> an audio and visual indication that it took it).
>
> If you go to the Rosegarden tutorials website (at the URL below), and 
> scroll down to the "Setting-Up Qsynth To Run On Your System" section, 
> you will see a screen-shot of Qsynth (with my custom colors) that 
> includes both the mouse cursor, and the tool-tip that was produced by 
> positioning the mouse pointer there.
>
> Here is the URL:
>
> http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/tutorials/qsynth-rosegarden/index.html
>
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> Aere
>
> I can recommend 'Shutter' from the *buntu repositories, it includes 
> many options, such as delay & mouse cursor include. It is highly 
> configurable & can publish screenshots to various image hosting sites.

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