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a_manthey

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Registered: 2017-08-21

Posts: 45

nwg-screenshot-applet not working with hyprland.lua config

the applet is started by this line in autostart.lua:

hl.on("hyprland.start", function () 
    ...
    hl.exec_cmd("nwg-screenshot-applet")
    ...
end)
 

,
icon appears in tray, menu is shown on left click but no screenshots are saved.

After starting in terminal i get this:

[andreas@nb-andreas-14 ~]$ nwg-screenshot-applet
error: [string "return hl.dispatch(exec screenshot focused)"]:1: ')' expected near 'screenshot'

 → Note: dispatch in lua is a shorthand for hl.dispatch(...), your syntax might need to be updated.
error: [string "return hl.dispatch(exec screenshot fullscreen..."]:1: ')' expected near 'screenshot'

 → Note: dispatch in lua is a shorthand for hl.dispatch(...), your syntax might need to be updated.
error: [string "return hl.dispatch(exec screenshot swappy)"]:1: ')' expected near 'screenshot'

 → Note: dispatch in lua is a shorthand for hl.dispatch(...), your syntax might need to be updated.

a_manthey

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Registered: 2017-08-21

Posts: 45

Re: nwg-screenshot-applet not working with hyprland.lua config

If hyprland is started with the deprecated Hyprlang config the nwg-screenshot-applet works as expected.

tekstryder

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Registered: 2013-02-14

Posts: 571

Re: nwg-screenshot-applet not working with hyprland.lua config

Consider starting a discussion here:

• https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/discussions

Also helpful if you could bisect to find whether this regressed or broken since lua landed:

• https://wiki.hypr.land/Crashes-and-Bugs … g-an-issue

ajgringo619

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Registered: 2023-05-06

Posts: 52

Re: nwg-screenshot-applet not working with hyprland.lua config

I would file a bug here: https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell-config. The problem is that this package has not been updated to the new Lua-based syntax.

tekstryder

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Registered: 2013-02-14

Posts: 571

Re: nwg-screenshot-applet not working with hyprland.lua config

this package has not been updated to the new Lua-based syntax.

Yeah that'll be a problem haha.

OP still has at least one hyprland release or maybe two (a few months) where hyprlang will still be supported, so no rush.

a_manthey

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Registered: 2017-08-21

Posts: 45

Re: nwg-screenshot-applet not working with hyprland.lua config

issue opened

https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell-config/issues

killertofus

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Registered: 2025-02-10

Posts: 192

Re: nwg-screenshot-applet not working with hyprland.lua config

direct link https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell-config/issues/95

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