Feature #545
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago
Taking screenshots is one of the functions every desktop computer must have; for troubleshooting, taking game screenshots, or even taking a snapshot of a web blog post before a moderator pulls it. I use Arch with LXDE for my main work desktop, and it lacks a print screen hot key function natively. This is how I added is to my desktop.
* Ensure ImageMagick is installed
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sudo pacman -S ImageMagick
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* Install "yaourt":https://project.altservice.com/issues/509
* Install obkey from the AUR using yaourt:
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yaourt obkey
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* Open the LXDE config with obkey:
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obkey ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml
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* Then *Insert a New Sibling Keybind*
* Select the newly created key, it will prompt *New Accelerator...*
* Press the key combination to the screenshot, in my case it was *Fn + F11*
* Associate the new key combo with an action, by going to the action pane and clicking *Insert Action -> Execute*
* In the command text box add the following:
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sh -c "import -window root ~/Pictures/$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S').png"
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* Click on the *Save* icon and exit.
Now when the screenshot icon is pressed a timestamped PNG of the current active windows will be saved in the Pictures directory in the home folder.