Gif screencasts from Linux CLI with Byzanz
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Wanting to demonstrate the power of emacs M-x butterfly, I needed to make the sort of gif-screen-capture I’ve seen others put to good work. Extra snag: I use emacs itself for a window manager, so the first online recommendation of Peek didn’t work. Instead I found the open-source byzanz to record; however, it requires knowing the screen-portion and length of the gif beforehand. Other than that, though, it worked great even on my exwm (GUI-resistant) system.
byzanz-record -v ~/butterfly.gif -w 1600 -h 900
