Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cornell.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!jqj From: jqj@cornell.UUCP (J Q Johnson) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: SIDEKICK on Unix - saving the screen Message-ID: <227@cornell.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 07:27:16 EST Article-I.D.: cornell.227 Posted: Wed Oct 30 07:27:16 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 02:30:22 EST References: <2842@vax4.fluke.UUCP> <255@3comvax.UUCP> Reply-To: jqj@cornell.UUCP (J Q Johnson) Distribution: net Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 8 In article <255@3comvax.UUCP> mikes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Shannon) writes: >Try 'tee', the standard unix program to save screen contents to a file. This misses the point. The original poster wanted to capture a piece of the screen AFTER the fact. In general this is only possible if you are running a windowing system on top of Unix. Several windowing systems with such capabilities exist; unfortunately, no standard is yet evident (though the folks at Berkeley are actively investigating this issue).