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+\input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
+
+@c %**start of header
+@setfilename scrotty.info
+@settitle scrotty
+@afourpaper
+@documentencoding UTF-8
+@documentlanguage en
+@finalout
+@c %**end of header
+
+
+@dircategory Multimedia
+@direntry
+* scrotty: (scrotty).                Take a screenshot of the framebuffer
+@end direntry
+
+
+@copying
+Copyright @copyright{} 2014 Mattias Andrée
+
+@quotation
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
+Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
+``GNU Free Documentation License''.
+@end quotation
+@end copying
+
+@ifnottex
+@node Top
+@top scrotty -- Take a screenshot of the framebuffer
+@insertcopying
+@end ifnottex
+
+@titlepage
+@title scrotty
+@subtitle Take a screenshot of the framebuffer
+@author by Mattias Andrée (maandree)
+
+@page
+@c @center `'
+@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
+@insertcopying
+@end titlepage
+
+@contents
+
+
+
+@menu
+* Overview::                        Brief overview of @command{scrotty}.
+* Invoking::                        Invocation of @command{scrotty}.
+* GNU Free Documentation License::  Copying and sharing this manual.
+@end menu
+
+
+
+@node Overview
+@chapter Overview
+
+@command{scrotty} is a simple command for taking a screenshot
+of your framebuffers. It can be used to take a screenshot of
+your Linux TTY session, but it cannot take a screenshot of
+your X session.@footnote{Unless it is for some reason is
+rendered on the framebuffer.}
+
+@command{scrotty} is designed after @command{scrot}, but
+includes a some improvements. Namely it does not support
+delaying the screenshot, selecting image quality or creating
+thumbnails, but it as supports for adding arbitrary arguments
+to @command{convert} (from the ImageMagick project), which is
+used to save the image.
+
+@command{scrotty} reads the data stored in the framebuffers,
+convert it the PNM images and pipes it to @command{convert}
+to create PNG images.
+
+
+
+@node Invoking
+@chapter Invoking
+
+@command{scrotty} recognises four options:
+
+@table @option
+@item --help
+Print usage information and exit.
+@item --version
+Print program name and version and exit.
+@item --copyright
+Print copyright information and exit.
+@item --exec CMD
+Run a command for each saved image.
+@end table
+
+In addition to these options, a filename
+pattern, that does not start with a dash,
+can be added. This filename pattern selects
+with what filename the image should be saved.
+
+Further, it is possible add @option{--}
+followed by additional options to add when
+@command{scrotty} spawns @command{convert}.
+
+Both the @option{--exec} and filename pattern
+parameters can take format specifiers that are
+expanded by @command{scrotty} when encountered.
+There are two types of format specifier.
+Characters preceded by a `%' are interpretted
+by @code{strftime}. See @command{man strftime}
+for examples. These options may be used to refer
+to the current date and time. The second kind are
+internal to scrotty and are prefixed by `$' or
+`\'. The following specifiers are recognised:
+
+@table @asis
+@item `@code{$i}'
+Framebuffer index.
+@item `@code{$f}'
+Image filename/pathname.
+Ignored in the filename pattern.
+@item `@code{$n}'
+Image filename.
+Ignored in the filename pattern.
+@item `@code{$p}'
+Image width multiplied by image height.
+@item `@code{$w}'
+Image width.
+@item `@code{$h}'
+Image height.
+@item `@code{$$}'
+Expands to a literal `$'.
+@item `@code{\n}'
+Expands to new line.
+@item `@code{\\}'
+Expands to a literal `\'.
+@item `@code{\ }'
+Expands to a literal ` '.                                           
+@end table
+
+A space that is not prefixed by a backslash in
+@option{--exec} is interpreted as an argument
+delimiter. This is the case even at the beginning
+and end of the string and if a space was the
+previous character in the string.
+
+For example,
+@command{scrotty `%Y-%m-%d_$wx$h.$i.png` --exec 'cp $f ~/.backups/shots/'}
+create a file called something like @file{2014-10-28_1792x1344.0.png}
+for your first framebuffer and @file{2014-10-28_1792x1344.1.png} for
+your second framebuffer, and copies the saved images to @file{~/.backups/shots/}.
+
+
+
+@node GNU Free Documentation License
+@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
+@include fdl.texinfo
+
+@bye
+