screenshot-rs
Simple library that allows for simple method of asking for screenshots from various Linux/BSD desktops
Features
- Works with some Wayland desktops
- Works with all X11 desktops (with scrot installed as fallback)
Screenshot tools required (at least one)
- gnome-screenshot (works with GNOME, Unity, Budgie, Cinnamon, etc)
- spectacle (works with KDE Plasma, possibly LXQT)
- scrot (works with anything with an X server, except WSL or Bash for Ubuntu for Windows)
Freezing screen for area screenshots
Uses feh if available to take a screenshot of the full screen, open it, and select an area of that screenshot to freeze the screen
How it works
Checks '$XDGSESSIONTYPE' for either Wayland or X11, and checks for available screenshotting applications.
Methods
screenshot_area(file: String, freeze: Bool)
- file will be the path and filename you want for your screenshot, in png format
- Takes an area screenshot, meaning you can select an area of your screen to take a screenshot of
If 'freeze' is true, then it will use feh to freeze the screen in place to take an area screenshot
screenshot_window(file: String)
file will be the path and filename you want for your screenshot, in png format
Takes an window screenshot, meaning the currently used window will be screenshotted
screenshot_full(file: String)
file will be the path and filename you want for your screenshot, in png format
- Takes a screenshot of an entire screen(s)
Changelog
[0.1.2] - 2018-12-07
- feh is no longer a requirement for "area" screenshots, was used to "freeze" the screen
[0.1.1] - 2018-10-03
- Made enum ScreenshotKind public
[0.1.0] - 2018-10-01