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XScreenSaver(1)						       XScreenSaver(1)

NAME
       xscreensaver-getimage-desktop - put a desktop image on the root window

SYNOPSIS
       xscreensaver-getimage-desktop  [-display	 host:display.screen]  [--ver‐
       bose] [--stdout]

DESCRIPTION
       The xscreensaver-getimage-desktop program is a helper program  for  the
       xscreensaver hacks that manipulate images.  Specifically, it is invoked
       by xscreensaver-getimage(1) as needed.  This is not a  user-level  com‐
       mand.

       This  program  is  only	used  on MacOS X / XDarwin systems, because on
       those systems, it's necessary to use the	 screencapture(1)  program  to
       get an image of the desktop -- the usual X11 mechanism for grabbing the
       screen doesn't work on OSX.

       This script works by running screencapture(1) to get a PDF,  then  con‐
       verting	it to a JPEG with pdf2jpeg(1), then loading it onto the window
       with xscreensaver-getimage-file(1).

OPTIONS
       xscreensaver-getimage-desktop accepts the following options:

       --verbose
	   Print diagnostics.

       --stdout
	   Instead of loading the image onto the root window, write it to std‐
	   out as a PBM file.

SEE ALSO
       screencapture(1),    pdf2jpeg(1),   X(1),   xscreensaver(1),   xscreen‐
       saver-demo(1), xscreensaver-getimage(1), xscreensaver-getimage-file(1),
       xscreensaver-getimage-video(1),

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2003 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, modify,
       distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for  any  pur‐
       pose  is	 hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
       notice appear in all copies and that both  that	copyright  notice  and
       this  permission	 notice appear in supporting documentation.  No repre‐
       sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
       pose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR
       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 20-Oct-03.

X Version 11		      07-Sep-2003 (4.13)	       XScreenSaver(1)

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