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#1 2011-08-19 23:45:16

us499
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Registered: 2011-08-08
Posts: 11

Take easy screenshots

Hi there,

I come from Ubuntu and have so far been very pleased with Arch. However, one tool I can not recover is the easy tool that I had in Ubuntu (Gnome?) to hit PRT SCREEN and have an application open that allowed me to SAVE SCREENSHOT right away. Very convenient. And there was a whole dedicated screenshot application that also allowed me to take partial screenshots.

Whenever I search for this I get tutorials on HOW to take screenshots...

Can anybody help out?

Thanks!

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#2 2011-08-19 23:49:24

fsckd
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Registered: 2009-06-15
Posts: 4,173

Re: Take easy screenshots

The wiki has a list of some tools which have the features you request. As for binding to Print Screen, that depends on your WM/DE.

Edit: Also, don't forget to search the AUR.

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#3 2011-08-20 06:39:30

bernarcher
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From: Germany
Registered: 2009-02-17
Posts: 2,281

Re: Take easy screenshots

Just to ease your search, scrot is a very popular command line screenshot utility amongst Archers.
It is bound to PrtScr (key "W-Print") in my openbox system and proved quite useful that way.

But there are numerous other tools available. Just have a look at the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ta … Screenshot


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#4 2011-08-20 15:01:04

tom.yan
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From: Hong Kong
Registered: 2011-04-29
Posts: 27

Re: Take easy screenshots

if you're using gnome as you desktop environment, you'll need to sync "gnome-utils" to get the screenshot tool
and "metacity" should be still necessary for the "prt sc" button to work, otherwise you'll have to make certain setting changes using dconf-editor

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#5 2011-08-20 16:04:14

ANOKNUSA
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Registered: 2010-10-22
Posts: 2,141

Re: Take easy screenshots

Just for the sake of helping usher you into the Arch community, I have to ask:  have you bothered looking up what Ubuntu's default screenshot application is?

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#6 2011-08-21 07:29:24

doorknob60
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Registered: 2008-09-29
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Re: Take easy screenshots

Ubuntu uses gnome-screenshot (the Gnome 2 version), at least it did when I used it, doubt it's changed. I personally use scrot bound to my printscreen key, it just saves a screenshot into my home folder, simple. We can't help you map the keybindings though unless we know what DE/WM you use, but just look it up yourself in the Wiki on the page of your WM, it should be there.

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