This is how I enabled the PrtScr key to take a screenshot and the Windows logo key to popup the Xfce menu...

Initially I set the print screen key to keysym 'F13' and the windows keys to 'F14' and 'F15' respectively.



Then I added shortcuts for each using 'Keyboard Settings'.




Then I added the following at the beginning of the ~/.xinitrc file.



Thats it!

Logout and start X.

When we press PrtScr key, the screenshot will be stored in the home directory as screen.dmp.  And when we press winkeys, the Xfce menu will pop-up.

Is there a command-line tool to convert the xwd file into something more usable like jpeg or png?  I can open a screen dump with the GIMP, but I can use the GIMP to take screenshots w/o using xwd.

michael: you can use import -window root screen.jpg instead.

If you have two windows keys, then you most likely have a PC-105 keyboard (or one of its derivatives). If you set the "XkbModel" in your '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' to "pc105", then you can probably leave all the xmodmap stuff out of the How-To. Your keys will then be named: Print, Super_L & Super_R in stead of F13, F14 & F15.

For a more complete text about binding keys to actions see this wiki article.

P.S.
What package is the import command part of? I don't seem to have it on my system.

I don't have any idea about a command line tool which can convert a dump file to image formats.

This is just for taking an instant screenshot.  If one wants to convert to an image format, one has to use gimp or other tool.

My keyboard is PC-104 type. And just try it and you will find that Print, Super_L & Super_R do not work.  Super_L & Super_R have to be used with some other key to get activated.

I tried using them before using xmodmap and failed.  So had to change their keysyms.



Thank you for the link.



import command is a part of ImageMagick package.

Quick questions... Is there a way I can make Print Screen copy the screen to the "clip board?" So as to use "paste" to retrieve it? And im having the same problem with Super_L and Super_R as Neo. Is there a file that I can edit instead of using the keyboard Preferences GUI?

Edit: I found the text file I was looking for. Its in ~/.config/xfce4/shortcuts/Zenwalk.xml in case anyone was interested. You can edit that file and make JUST Super_L, by it's self, do the command. (Super_R also)

"import" is part of ImageMagick if my memory servers me right...

nice stuff.

btw: i redirected the wiki page Tibors mentioned to the new page as the old one was no longer there...