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 NAME
      xwd - dump an image of an X window

 SYNOPSIS
      xwd [-debug] [-help] [-nobdrs] [-out file] [-xy] [-frame] [-add value]
      [-root | -id id | -name name ] [-screen] [-display display]

 DESCRIPTION
      Xwd is an X Window System window dumping utility.  Xwd allows X users
      to store window images in a specially formatted dump file.  This file
      can then be read by various other X utilities for redisplay, printing,
      editing, formatting, archiving, image processing, etc.  The target
      window is selected by clicking the pointer in the desired window.  The
      keyboard bell is rung once at the beginning of the dump and twice when
      the dump is completed.

 OPTIONS
      -display display
              This argument allows you to specify the server to connect to;
              see X(1).

      -help   Print out the `Usage:' command syntax summary.

      -nobdrs This argument specifies that the window dump should not
              include the pixels that compose the X window border.  This is
              useful in situations where you may wish to include the window
              contents in a document as an illustration.

      -out file
              This argument allows the user to explicitly specify the output
              file on the command line.  The default is to output to
              standard out.

      -xy     This option applies to color displays only. It selects `XY'
              format dumping instead of the default `Z' format.

      -add value
              This option specifies an signed value to be added to every
              pixel.

      -frame  This option indicates that the window manager frame should be
              included when manually selecting a window.

      -root   This option indicates that the root window should be selected
              for the window dump, without requiring the user to select a
              window with the pointer.

      -id id  This option indicates that the window with the specified
              resource id should be selected for the window dump, without
              requiring the user to select a window with the pointer.



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      -name name
              This option indicates that the window with the specified
              WM_NAME property should be selected for the window dump,
              without requiring the user to select a window with the
              pointer.

      -screen This option indicates that the GetImage request used to obtain
              the image should be done on the root window, rather than
              directly on the specified window.  In this way, you can obtain
              pieces of other windows that overlap the specified window, and
              more importantly, you can capture menus or other popups that
              are independent windows but appear over the specified window.

 ENVIRONMENT
      DISPLAY To get default host and display number.

 FILES
      XWDFile.h
              X Window Dump File format definition file.

 SEE ALSO
      xwud(1), xpr(1), X(1)

 COPYRIGHT
      Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
      See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

 AUTHORS
      Tony Della Fera, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena
      William F. Wyatt, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory























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