When Salasaga runs for the first time

When Salasaga runs for the first time, it automatically sets up a few things:

1. Creates a "salasaga" folder inside the user's home directory. (i.e. if a user is called "jc", and has a home folder at "/home/jc" then salasaga will create a "/home/jc/salasaga" folder.
    
2. Creates sub-folders of this called "projects", "output", and "screenshots".
    
3. Sets up the key combination of "Control-Printsceen" for taking screenshots.
    

Screenshots are automatically placed in the "screenshots" folder of the users "salasaga" directory, and are sequentially numbered.

i.e. "screenshot0001.png", "screenshot0002.png", "screenshot0003.png", etc.

After you've taken the screenshots you're after, press the Import button in Salasaga IDE and it will automatically import these screenshots into the project (deleting them from the screenshot folder at the same time).

Note about screenshots of menu's not working in X-Windows (Linux, Solaris)

As I discovered (to my horror), X Windows doesn't allow people to take screenshots in certain common situtations. For example, when a drop down menu is open in a gnome application. (Ouch)

The workaround for this, when you need to trigger a screenshot while a drop down menu is open, is to use the Salasaga status icon.

You'll need the "Notification Area" applet loaded in your panel, so that when Salasaga starts it creates a status icon of itself.  You can right click on this icon at any time and choose the option "Take Screenshot".

This will then take a screenshot after a short countdown (adustable through Edit -> Preferences).  The short countdown gives you time to set things up the way you want before the screenshot occurs.  i.e. to open the drop down menu you're capturing an image of.