---
name: "wmGrabImage"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmgrabimage"
version: "0.72-5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmGrabImage"
---

# wmGrabImage(1)

Dockable WWW Image monitor.

## NAME

wmGrabImage - Dockable WWW Image monitor.

## SYNOPSIS

**wmGrabImage** \[*options*\]... -url \<*Image URL*\>

## DESCRIPTION

wmGrabImage is a WindowMaker DockApp that maintains a small thumbnail copy of your favorite image from the WWW.  The image to monitor is specified via the "**-url** \<*Image URL*\>" command-line option and it gets updated approximately every 5 minutes.  The update interval can be overridden via the "**-delay** \<*Time*\>" command-line option (Time is in seconds).

Each of the three mouse buttons can be double clicked with the following effects;

- **Left Mouse:**

  Brings up the full-sized image in the image viewer specifed via the option **-viewer**.

- **Middle Mouse:**

  Sends a URL (specified via the **-http** \<*URL*\> command-line option) to a browser specified via the **-browser** \<*Program*\> command-line option.

- **Right Mouse:**

  Updates the image immediately.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Display list of command-line options.

- **-display \<*display*\>**

  Use an alternate X Display.

- **-u, -url \<*Image URL*\>**

  The URL of the WWW image to monitor.

- **-http \<*URL*\>**

  The URL to send to the browser (specified via the **-browser** command-line option) via a Middle double click.

- **-browser \<*Program*\>**

  The system call used to access the under **-http** specified URL. Use **%x** where wmGrabImage should insert the URL from **-http**. The default is:

  "sensible-browser '%x' \|\| mozilla-xremote-client 'openURL(%x)' \|\| mozilla '%x' &"

  E.g. you can call galeon using the following call:

  "galeon -n '%x' &"

- **-viewer \<*Program*\>**

  The system call used to display the image. Use %x where the actual image filename should be inserted. The default is:

  "display '%x' &"

- **-c**

  Center the image vertically within the icon.

- **-delay \<*Time*\>**

  The time between updates. The default is about 5 minutes.

- **-geom \<*CropGeometry*\>**

  The geometry to pass to convert when scaling the image.

## FILES

The original sized image and the thumbnail XPM image are both stored in ~/.wmGrabImage/ which gets created if it doesnt already exist.

## SEE ALSO

wget and the ImageMagick convert utility.

## BUGS

Who knows? -- its still Beta though. (Let me know if you find any). Oldish versions of the ImageMagick convert utility have a memory leak -- if you have that problem, upgrade to the latest version.

## AUTHOR

Michael G. Henderson \<mghenderson@lanl.gov\>