> 1)    If there's someway to take xwd output and convert it to a more
> useful format, like GIF or PNG?
> 
> or
> 
> 2)    Where I can get the source to xpr to build and install it myself?

I can answer #1:

ImageMagick and the Gimp both convert from .xwd to other formats.
With ImageMagick installed you can type at the coomand line:

convert file.xwd file.png

Ben
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