sxcp

A Small/Simple/Suckless X11 Color Picker
This lightweight utility allows you to quickly and easily pick the color of any pixel displayed on your screen, and print it to stdout.

Usage

As with all things 'Suckless', the config is the code and the code is the config.
Default flags and key bindings can be found in config.def.h

sxcp can be run without arguments, but the following exist:

  --size X Y   : Set the size of the preview window in pixels
  --short      : Only print color hex code
  --oneshot    : Quit after selecting one pixel
  -h, --help   : Prints a short help message

By default, left-click to print the rgb value under the mouse, L to lock the preview window (for easier selection), and q to quit. Output will print as
R: ddd, G: ddd, B: ddd | HEX: #rrggbb

Dependencies

• Xlib

Compilation

git clone https://github.com/space-pagan/sxcp.git
make
Running make for the first time will generate config.h out of config.def.h. Do not edit config.def.h to set your preferences. If you want to change your configuration, edit config.h and recompile.

Installation

sudo make install will install sxcp to /usr/local/bin by default. PREFIX can be set to alter this behaviour.