Re: Taking screenshots for manuals

[Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds gmail com>]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Claude Paroz<claude 2xlibre net> wrote:
> Le mercredi 17 juin 2009 à 20:28 +1000, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there any rule for taking screenshot for manual (like theme, wm,
>> fonts to be used..)?
>
> The rule is to stick as close as possible with the default settings of
> vanilla GNOME, that is Clearlooks theme.

OK I'll try that. How about metacity theme?

>
>> Also I'm wondering if we can use gtk-parasite or similar tools to
>> "export" a gtkbuilder file out and store that as reference (svg would
>> not be so good because theme changes lead to graphical changes).
>> Localized people then can use that to produce localized screenshots.
>> Distros may also benefit if they want a consistent look'n'feel across
>> documents and real theme used by distros.
>
> There is an open bug about this functionality:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433743
>
> Feel free to add your ideas.

Thanks
-- 
Duy