SPECTACLE(1)

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version 23.08.5 · 6 versions
, in epel 9, ubuntu noble

💖 SPECTACLE(1) — the Spectacle User's Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so you're here because you want to take a screenshot on KDE and you want it to be cute and correct. welcome to spectacle, the screenshot capture utility. she's iconic, she's simple, she's giving main character energy. let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

spectacle — screenshot capture utility ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

spectacle [Spectacle options]

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

spectacle is a simple application for capturing desktop screenshots. no cap. she can capture images of:

  • the entire desktop
  • a single monitor
  • the currently active window
  • the window currently under the mouse
  • or a rectangular region of the screen

and then? the images can be printed, sent to other applications for manipulation, or quickly be saved as-is. she's versatile, she's flexible, she ate. 🎀

✨ SPECTACLE OPTIONS ✨

one bullet per flag, all of them, no skipping, periodt.

  • -f, --fullscreen — capture the entire desktop. this is the default, bestie, so if you do nothing she does this.
  • -m, --current — capture the current monitor. just the one you're on. 🖥️
  • -a, --activewindow — capture the active window. the one with the focus, the one in her spotlight era. 👑
  • -u, --windowundercursor — capture the window currently under the cursor, including parents of pop-up menus. yes, the parents. the whole family tree. 🌳
  • -t, --transientonly — capture the window currently under the cursor, excluding parents of pop-up menus. just the pop-up, no entourage. 💅
  • -r, --region — capture a rectangular region of the screen. you pick the box, she fills it. 🎀
  • -l, --launchonly — launch Spectacle without taking a screenshot. she's just here, existing, hanging out. 🦋
  • -g, --gui — start in GUI mode. this is the default. windows and buttons and slay. ✨
  • -b, --background — take a screenshot and exit without showing the GUI. ghost mode. in and out, no trace. 👻
  • -s, --dbus — start in DBus-Activation mode. very official of her. 🔥
  • -n, --nonotify — in background mode, do not pop up a notification when the screenshot is taken. silent. stealthy. ninja. 🥷
  • -o, --output fileName — in background mode, save image to the specified file fileName. name your baby. 🍼
  • -d, --delay delayMsec — in background mode, delay before taking the shot (in milliseconds). give yourself a sec to fix your hair. 💇
  • -c, --copy-image — in background mode, copy screenshot only to clipboard, unless -o is also used. (so if you also pass -o, that "only" goes out the window, bestie, read the fine print.) 📋
  • -C, --copy-path — in background mode, copy the screenshot file path to clipboard. just the path, not the pic. 🛣️
  • -w, --onclick — wait for a click before taking screenshot. Invalidates delay. 🚨 so if you set a delay too, that delay is cancelled, gone, not invited to the party. heads up fr fr
  • -i, --new-instance — starts a new GUI instance of spectacle without registering to DBus. she's independent, she doesn't need the group chat. 💅
  • -p, --pointer — in background mode, include pointer in the screenshot. cursor cameo appearance. 🖱️
  • -e, --no-decoration — in background mode, do not include window decorations in the screenshot. no titlebars, no borders, just vibes. ✂️

💌 FEEDBACK 💌

wanna talk to the devs? they're lovely, go say hi:

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

more detailed user documentation is available from help:/spectacle — either enter this URL into Konqueror, or run:

khelpcenter help:/spectacle

there's also further information available at https://apps.kde.org/spectacle 🌈

Copyright (c) 2015 Boudhayan Gupta

License: GNU General Public Version 2 — https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor@ukr.net> — Spectacle man page. thank you for your service, king 🫡

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was KDE Applications Spectacle 21., dated 2021-04-11, and you read all of it, which is lowkey iconic of you. go take a screenshot. slay. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶😭🔥👑🌈⭐💀🙈🍓🧚💜

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