fork of Kgif, to make it more generalized. Repo coming https://github.com/luminousmen/Kgif

capture.sh

#!/bin/sh

# capturing delay
SCROT_DELAY=0.5
# delay in gif
GIF_DELAY=10
# clean tmp directory

ctrlc() {
	echo "\nStop capturing"

	echo "Converting to gif..."
	convert -quiet -delay $GIF_DELAY -loop 0 *.png ../terminal.gif
	cd ..

	if [ "$noclean" = false ] ; then
		echo "Cleaning..."
		clean
	fi

	echo "Done!"
	exit 2
}

clean() {
	rm -rf $NOW
}

capturing() {
	echo "Capturing..."
	cd ./$NOW
        last=$(xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW)
        active=$last
	while test "$last" = "$active";
	do
                last=$active
		scrot -u -d $SCROT_DELAY
                active=$(xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW)
	done
        ctrlc
}

# main()
trap "ctrlc" INT TERM

NOW=$(date +"%m-%d-%Y_%H:%M:%S")
if [ ! -d ./$NOW ]; then
	mkdir ./$NOW
fi

# if no delay passing
if test -z "$delay" ; then
	delay=1
fi

if test -z "$noclean" ; then
	noclean=false
fi

# wait for a while
sleep $delay

capturing