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package "maim"
version "v@maim_VERSION_MAJOR@.@maim_VERSION_MINOR@.@maim_VERSION_PATCH@"
purpose "Takes screenshots."
usage "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."
versiontext "Copyright (C) 2014 Dalton Nell, Maim Contributors (https://github.com/naelstrof/maim/graphs/contributors)"
args "--unamed-opts --file-name=cmdline"
text "Options"
option "xdisplay" - "Sets the x display."
string
typestr="hostname:number.screen_number"
optional
option "select" s "Enables user region selection. Requires slop to be installed."
flag
off
option "x" x "Sets the x coordinate for taking an image"
int
optional
option "y" y "Sets the y coordinate for taking an image"
int
optional
option "w" w "Sets the width for taking an image"
int
optional
option "h" h "Sets the height for taking an image"
int
optional
option "geometry" g "Set the region to capture"
string
typestr="WxH+X+Y"
optional
option "delay" d "Set the amount of time to wait before taking an image."
string
typestr="FLOAT"
default="0.0"
optional
option "windowid" i "Set the window to capture. Defaults to the root window id."
int
optional
option "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."
flag
off
option "hidecursor" - "Prevents the system cursor from showing up in screenshots."
flag
off
option "mask" m "Masks off-screen pixels so they don't show up in screenshots."
string
values="auto","off","on"
default="auto"
optional
text "\nSlop Options"
option "nokeyboard" - "Disables the ability to cancel selections with the keyboard."
flag
off
option "bordersize" b "Set the selection rectangle's thickness. Does nothing when --highlight is enabled."
int
default="5"
optional
option "padding" p "Set the padding size of the selection. Can be negative."
int
default="0"
optional
option "tolerance" t "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."
int
default="2"
optional
option "gracetime" - "Set the amount of time before slop will check for keyboard cancellations in seconds."
string
typestr="FLOAT"
default="0.4"
optional
option "color" c "Set the selection rectangle's color. Supports RGB or RGBA values."
string
typestr="FLOAT,FLOAT,FLOAT,FLOAT"
default="0.5,0.5,0.5,1"
optional
option "nodecorations" n "Attempt to select child windows in order to avoid window decorations."
flag
off
option "min" - "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."
int
default="0"
optional
option "max" - "Set the maximum output of width or height values. Setting min and max to the same value disables drag selections."
int
default="0"
optional
option "highlight" l "Instead of outlining selections, slop highlights it. This is only useful when --color is set to a transparent color."
flag
off
text "\nExamples\n"
text " $ # Screenshot the active window\n"
text " $ maim -i $(xdotool getactivewindow)\n"
text "\n"
text " $ # Prompt a transparent red selection to screenshot.\n"
text " $ maim -s -c 1,0,0,0.6\n"
text "\n"
text " $ # Save a dated screenshot.\n"
text " $ maim ~/$(date +%F-%T).png\n"
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