Screenshoting command line applications
Hi,
at DebConf I proposed that people might do a daily screenshot of any application
which they might use and upload to
screenshots.debian.net
I was afraid that this might end up in a D.O.S. attack to this host - but I
doubt that more than a hand full per day was actually done. :-((
At least I commited one screenshot per day since my proposal to enrichen
our med-bio tasks page[1]. When doing so I was wondering how we might come up
with some resonable default for command line applications. The only idea
I had was to call the application by using the option which prints some
help screen. This gives two pieces of information:
1. It actually is a command line application (please everybody also
go tagging for those applications which are not debtagged - see yellow
buttons on [1])
2. The help page might contain useful information
I have no idea whether this always makes sense - but it is some kind of standard.
Another option would be to call it with a reasonable data set - but this would
have to be done by a *real* user of these applications - not me. On the other
hand we can always provide more than one screenshot per application. So if
somoebody else is not happy with the help page - just make it better.
All users should please take their chance to enhance Debian Med and go for
screenshots!!!
Last greetings from Cáceres
Andreas,
[1] http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/bio
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