Full screen crosshair for partial screenshot with import

I frequently use import to take partial screenshots, but the tiny crosshair cursor that comes up
after calling import is not very useful in helping me select the screen area that I want.
Can I change the cursor to a full-screen crosshair, i.e. a horizontal and a vertical line spanning
the entire screen? That would help me to see whether the content I want to capture will fit
before I start the selection, saving me from having to redo selections.
Thanks for any assistance.

This sounds like an interesting question that would be cool to have an answer to.  If I'm reading it right, scrot -s is not an answer.  That just gives a regular small crosshair cursor.
edit: actually scrot just keeps the regular cursor until you select the starting point.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-06-28 02:45:31)

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