Minor changes that provide a simple capture utility, a central place for configuration and a better readme

Author: Ben Wright

.gitignore

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+*.pyc

capture.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Benjamin James Wright <bwright@cse.unsw.edu.au>
+# This is a simple capture program that will capture a section of
+# the screen on a decided interval and then output the images
+# with their corresponding timestamps. (Borrowed from stackoverflow).
+# This will continue to capture for the seconds specified by argv[1]
+
+import gtk.gdk
+import time
+import sys
+import config
+
+
+print "Starting Capture"
+print "================"
+
+w = gtk.gdk.get_default_root_window()
+sz = w.get_size()
+
+for i in xrange(0, config.CAPTURE_NUM):
+  pb = gtk.gdk.Pixbuf(gtk.gdk.COLORSPACE_RGB,False,8,sz[0],sz[1])
+  pb = pb.get_from_drawable(w,w.get_colormap(),0,0,0,0,sz[0],sz[1])
+  if (pb != None):
+    pb.save("capture/screenshot_"+ str(int(time.time())) +".png","png")
+    print "Screenshot " + str(i) + " saved."
+  else:
+    print "Unable to get the screenshot."
+  time.sleep(config.CAPTURE_DELAY)

capture/.gitignore

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+*.png

config.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Benjamin James Wright <bwright@cse.unsw.edu.au>
+# This configuration file provides really basic settings for the capture system.
+
+
+# This defines the number of shots to take
+CAPTURE_NUM = 20
+# This is the delay between screenshots (in seconds)
+CAPTURE_DELAY = 1