Bug 324382

Summary:	WISHLIST: Ksnapshot 'autosave' button, or faster saving process
Product:	[Unmaintained] ksnapshot	Reporter:	David REVOY <info>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kdevote, sudhir
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description David REVOY 2013-09-02 07:59:54 UTC

The problem :
* when taking a big series of screenshot ( ex : tutorial/ documentation ) it's very long to press 'Save-As' and naming + choosing extension every time. Too bad ... workflow of Ksnapshot is really slow compare to other solutions in other D.E. 

Proposition to solve ( open to debate ) :
* The addition on the Ksnapshot windows of an 'autosave' button , doing this default behavior :
1. Save as *.png , high compression
2. Save auto in /home/<username>/  or a standard path by default ( aka:  image folder, or documents ). 
3. Save with a easy name pattern : YYYYMMDD_screenshot_XX  ( Y=Year / M=Month / D=Day / X=Incremental numeric ) , user get for example for today : 
20130902_screenshot_01.png 
20130902_screenshot_02.png
 20130902_screenshot_03.png 
...etc...

Comment 1 Katz 2015-01-23 20:58:17 UTC

I don't know why such an (IMHO) essential functionality is still missing in ksnapshot, but maybe the following minimal approach will help to get this feature:
Just add an option to save every screenshot in a file named "~/Screenshots/YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.ext" in a (not user changeable) format.

Comment 2 Katz 2015-01-23 21:24:31 UTC

Looking at the source of ksnapshot-4.14.3, I found the undocumented feature: Pressing "Q" generates a new file name and saves the screenshot without opening the save dialog.

Comment 3 David REVOY 2015-01-29 05:26:39 UTC

Wow, that's really hidden. Thanks for the feedback on this tip Katz.

Comment 4 Sudhir Khanger 2015-04-22 05:34:10 UTC

Wow `q` is quite helpful. I would still highly recommend exposing and expanding this shortcut so that we can have screenshot shortcuts like in GNOME.

PrtSc - Take a screenshot.
Alt+PrtSc - Take a screenshot of a window.
Shift+PrtSc - Take a screenshot of an area of the screen. The pointer changes to a crosshair. Click and drag to select an area.

Simply pressing PrtSc flashes screen, takes a fullscreen screenshot and saves it in your screenshot directory.

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-04 04:19:23 UTC

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years and I will be closing this bug. Spectacle is the replacement for ksnapshot now. Please test again and file a new bug for Spectacle if you still have issues. Thank you!