[Solved] How to change the default save directory for Alt + Print Scr?

dxxvi · 2013-12-30 01:39:28

Hi All,

Pressing Alt + Print Screen takes a screen shot of the current window and saves the file to the home directory. Is there anyway to change the default save directory from the home directory to something else?

Thanks

Last edited by dxxvi (2014-01-01 11:54:22)

karol · 2013-12-30 01:46:43

What program does the screenshoting? If you're using some DE, check what application does it trigger.

dxxvi · 2013-12-30 02:07:14

karol wrote:

What program does the screenshoting? If you're using some DE, check what application does it trigger.

I'm not very sure. I think it's gnome-screenshot because I'm using gnome3. In dconf-editor, the gnome-screenshot configurations looks correct
http://imageshack.us/a/img541/2773/b5uo.png

Last edited by dxxvi (2013-12-30 02:10:08)

karol · 2013-12-30 02:11:14

Have you tried changing the auto-save-directory location?

dxxvi · 2013-12-30 02:32:47

karol wrote:

Have you tried changing the auto-save-directory location?

Changing the auto-save-directory doesn't make any diffrence: the screenshot is still saved in the home directory. I went to Settings | Keyboard | Shortcuts and saw this http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7579/cmsj.png . So I

export PICTURES=/dev/shm

in ~/.bash_profile then logout and login but the sreenshots are still saved in the home directory.

karol · 2013-12-30 02:37:21

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 2#p1185442
Set XDG_PICTURES_DIR to where you want your screenshots to go.

dxxvi · 2013-12-30 04:34:58

karol wrote:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 2#p1185442
Set XDG_PICTURES_DIR to where you want your screenshots to go.

Maybe something was changed again in gnome 3.10? because setting XDG_PICTURES_DIR in bash_profile, logging out then in didn't make any difference.

jasonwryan · 2013-12-30 05:35:58

Does Gnome even read .bash_profile?

dxxvi · 2013-12-30 07:38:09

jasonwryan wrote:

Does Gnome even read .bash_profile?

I thought XDG_PICTURES_DIR was an environment variable, so I created an environment variable with that name in .bash_profile. Then I read your question and thought maybe it wasn't an environment variable. If it's not, could you please tell me where I can specify it?

Thanks.

jasonwryan · 2013-12-30 07:46:11

Well, I don't use Gnome, but I am sure a quick web search will provide the information you need.

dxxvi · 2013-12-30 07:53:19

jasonwryan wrote:

Well, I don't use Gnome, but I am sure a quick web search will provide the information you need.

I also thought so, but after searching for a while I was still unable to solve my issue. Maybe the search keyword "gnome XDG_PICTURES_DIR" I chose was not the right one.

Scimmia · 2013-12-30 08:07:50

He's asking if .bash_profile is even sourced, IE is that variable actually being set?

thisoldman · 2013-12-30 10:22:35

The XDG variables are set in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xd … irectories

xgdgsc · 2013-12-31 04:35:58

I would rather use a cross-platform screenshot taking app like screencloud.

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