scrot saves to $HOME rather than $HOME/Pictures by default

[Pander]

Two things to fix here:

 1. Change A-Print and Print in OpenBox config to call `lxsession-default screenshot_manager`
 2. Change LXSession screenshot_manager to something like `scrot '%Y-%m-%d_$wx$h.png' -e 'mv $f ~/Pictures`

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

it's already there. `man scrot`. now why the print screen doesn't work
is another story. maybe file a new bug?

[Pander (pander)]

Ah, found them. The remaining bug I would like to report is that the screen shots are saved by default to ~/Pictures as is the case in other tastes of Ubuntu. Advantage is that it conforms to other Ubuntu tastes, user expectation and that it get picked up by image viewing and image manipulation applications working that directory and backup monitoring that directory.

[Pander (pander)]

See also https://askubuntu.com/questions/466109/change-scrot-output-directory

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

Yeah, that's a reasonable thing to consider. Unfortunately, `scrot`
provides no configuration options. It's certainly possible to add the
suggestions to the hotkey command, but even `man scrot` suggests doing
something like `scrot '%Y-%m-%d_$wx$h.png' -e 'mv $f ~/Pictures'` which
is a pretty clear message that they probably have little interest in
changing that.

In fact, if [this repo][1] is the upstream code (I have reason to
believe it is), at least the person replying to [this issue][2] makes it
pretty darn clear that that's the way it's supposed to function and
that's the way it will remain.

That said, I think there's little that we can do except change the
command for the hotkey.

[1]: https://github.com/dreamer/scrot
[2]: https://github.com/dreamer/scrot/issues/4

P.S. if you dig up the debian/watch file it has a fake entry apparently
meant to indicate that there is no current upstream site for the
package. I'm not sure if Tom Gilbert decided to quit developing or not,
but his website is there and the /scrot folder is not. The initial
commit on that repo suggests that it was done with Tom, so maybe he
passed the torch. Hasn't been any development 2003-2010, so I guess that
makes sense.

[Pander (pander)]

Thanks. I have tried adding options to ~/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/desktop for the line with scrot but without succes. What is the best way to configure this for a complete system and not for users individually via an alias?

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

The global files are all in /etc/xdg. Note that those are not
necessarily guaranteed to persist across version updates.

[Pander (pander)]

Which lines need to get altered? only 250 and 317 in /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml ?

$ grep scrot -A1 -B1 -nrI /etc/xdg
/etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/desktop.conf-36-
/etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/desktop.conf:37:screenshot_manager/command=scrot
/etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/desktop.conf-38-
--
/etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu-Netbook/desktop.conf-35-
/etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu-Netbook/desktop.conf:36:screenshot_manager/command=scrot
/etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu-Netbook/desktop.conf-37-
--
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml-247- </keybind>
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml:248: <!-- Take a screenshot of the current window with scrot when Alt+Print are pressed -->
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml-249- <keybind key="A-Print">
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml:250: <action name="Execute"><command>scrot -s</command></action>
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml-251- </keybind>
--
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml-314- </keybind>
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml:315: <!-- Launch scrot when Print is pressed -->
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml-316- <keybind key="Print">
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml:317: <action name="Execute"><command>scrot</command></action>
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml-318- </keybind>

Good if they are overwritten with version updates, as I hope this setting can become default for Lubuntu (which is inline with other flavors of Ubuntu).

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

The lxsession option controls the default screen shot app, which anything else could refer to and then the screen shot application wouldn't need to be hard-coded everywhere.

The OpenBox option controls the response to the hot keys specified.

So probably both.

We'll consider adding that as a default option.

By the way, did you file a bug for the print screen not working or did it actually work?

[Pander (pander)]

It did work, didn't find them initially. They were in home and not in ~/Pictures where all Ubuntu flavors store screenshots.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

If we're considering this a bug against lubuntu-default-settings, then it does not affect cosmic or disco, as Lubuntu no longer uses scrot or, for that matter, LXDE. If you're trying to continue to use LXDE in cosmic or disco, that's fine, but since the fix involves dealing with packages outside of scrot itself, you'll have to look elsewhere for the resolution.

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

Lubuntu doesn't use LXDE anymore so dropping lubuntu-default-settings.