Bug 459019

Summary:	Terminal command is blocking if Spectacle is not already open
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	xenothestrange
Component:	General	Assignee:	Boudhayan Gupta <me>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	minor	CC:	kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description xenothestrange 2022-09-12 11:57:51 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Ensure that Spectacle is not running
Run command: spectacle -b -f -o "/tmp/test.png"; echo test

OBSERVED RESULT
echo command is not run due to spectacle blocking (unless it was open prior to the command being run)

EXPECTED RESULT
Spectacle is run, takes a screenshot and then closes.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5

Note:
The program "scrot" demonstrates the expected behavior.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-09-13 19:26:57 UTC

For technical reasons, Spectacle has to remain open while the notification it sends is open. If this is a problem for your scripting purposes, you can add the -n argument to suppress the notification, which will make Spectacle exit instantly after taking a screenshot, at the cost of not showing you a notification.