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This is an interesting screenshot tool in development.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/01/flam ... annotation
https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot

It currently lacks a text tool, and seems to save jpgs as png files, but seems to work well otherwise. Comments on OMGUbuntu were all about wanting a bloated snap or flatpack, but I also went and built multiple packages on the OBS: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show ... /flameshot

I think its current three menu entries under Graphics could be reduced to one, and the icon doesn't show on MX 15/16, but you can just use the last menu entry to launch it instead without a blank tray icon. If you use the "Launch Flameshot" menu entry, you get a tray icon, and then work with that to start taking a screenshot.

It should be in the test repo soon, but I have the packages for 15/16 and 17 here, too: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rg9GP ... BQmXBduVC1

Awesome screen shot tool can you replace the default screenshot tool to the flameshot tool so that we can use print screen on key board to take the snap?
Thanks..

vamsi wrote:Awesome screen shot tool can you replace the default screenshot tool to the flameshot tool so that we can use print screen on key board to take the snap?
Thanks..

just change the shortcut in Xfce Settings -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts

Thanks dolphin_oracle

@Stevo Very interesting this tool. Thanks you for packaging.
Is't necessary to install the dbgsym package too???

balarm wrote:@Stevo Very interesting this tool. Thanks you for packaging.
Is't necessary to install the dbgsym package too???

-dbg and -dbgsym packages are only useful if you're running the program with a debugger. Standard use doesn't need them. It's now in the test repository and can be installed with the package installer.

Thanks for looking at it.

flameshot is a great tool, actively developed (ongoing pull requests from various contirubtors, bugfixes and new features)
I haven't checked whether it has been packaged for MX repo. stretch-backports has a semi-recent version
https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot
The current "master" branch builds/runs on antiX17 & FWIW i noticed only 1 bug ("flameshot screen blahblah" from commandline outputs a blank white imagefile)(known issue, already reported)

skidoo wrote: Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:54 pm flameshot is a great tool, actively developed (ongoing pull requests from various contirubtors, bugfixes and new features)
I haven't checked whether it has been packaged for MX repo. stretch-backports has a semi-recent version

The newer version has now new option you can add text.
It is not enabled by default, so it is easy to miss it, you need to mark in configuration check box for text option to show

Flameshot is in testing repo, and works good. Although this version (0.5.1) does not have text option yet
On another computer I have flameshot 0.6.0-1 and that one has text option

Oh, there is app image available, cool, will check newer version and text tool on MX

Since 0.6.0-1 is already in stretch-backports and easily installable via MX Package Installer, we "Repo Men" feel that our packaging time is best spent elsewhere, rather than reinvent the wheel.

Stevo wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:40 pm Since 0.6.0-1 is already in stretch-backports and easily installable via MX Package Installer, we "Repo Men" feel that our packaging time is best spent elsewhere, rather than reinvent the wheel.

Yes, sure!
I wasn't suggesting new packaging, I was just letting others know, about new text box feature, since it can easy be missed, since it is not enabled by default.

Besides, there is also appimage available for download and there is also 'ksnip' app in stable repo, similar snapshot tool that allows fast annotations on top of it. So we have plenty to choose from. ;-)

Thanks for all the packaging you guys are doing it!

Buck Fankers wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:54 pm

Stevo wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:40 pm Since 0.6.0-1 is already in stretch-backports and easily installable via MX Package Installer, we "Repo Men" feel that our packaging time is best spent elsewhere, rather than reinvent the wheel.

Yes, sure!
I wasn't suggesting new packaging, I was just letting others know, about new text box feature, since it can easy be missed, since it is not enabled by default.

Besides, there is also appimage available for download and there is also 'ksnip' app in stable repo, similar snapshot tool that allows fast annotations on top of it. So we have plenty to choose from. ;-)

Thanks for all the packaging you guys are doing it!

Also shutter, my favorite.

new text box feature, since it can easy be missed, since it is not enabled by default.

Agree (availability of the new feature is easily missed) and I thank you for mentioning it.

richb wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:02 pm Also shutter, my favorite.

Can shutter directly plot lines, shapes, arrows on the screenshot like other two mentioned? Once I tried it, some time ago though, I couldn't do it without exporting screenshot into different plotting program.

Buck Fankers wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:55 pm

richb wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:02 pm Also shutter, my favorite.

Can shutter directly plot lines, shapes, arrows on the screenshot like other two mentioned? Once I tried it, some time ago though, I couldn't do it without exporting screenshot into different plotting program.

Hesitate to answer for some criticism I took for suggesting it. But since you asked yes it can

richb wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:03 pm

Buck Fankers wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:55 pm

richb wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:02 pm Also shutter, my favorite.

Can shutter directly plot lines, shapes, arrows on the screenshot like other two mentioned? Once I tried it, some time ago though, I couldn't do it without exporting screenshot into different plotting program.

Hesitate to answer for some criticism I took for suggesting it. But since you asked yes it can

In that case I will check it out again.

richb wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:02 pm Also shutter, my favorite.

I just tried it. I like it. With shutter I can already placed annotation, say line or arrow, re position it, or change thickness, or color... big plus for annotating my charts. With Flameshot I need to undo the latest action and try to draw the line better. Also, that tool that auto increases count, it will save me time, great idea! Last time I tried Shutter, year or two ago, it didn't have this stuff or I didn't find it. I remember I was exporting screenshots into another painter like app to add stuff on top of it. Shutter will now become my standard tool, thanks.

I still also like flameshot too ;-)

Buck Fankers wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:13 pm

richb wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:02 pm Also shutter, my favorite.

I just tried it. I like it. With shutter I can already placed annotation, say line or arrow, re position it, or change thickness, or color... big plus for annotating my charts. With Flameshot I need to undo the latest action and try to draw the line better. Also, that tool that auto increases count, it will save me time, great idea! Last time I tried Shutter, year or two ago, it didn't have this stuff or I didn't find it. I remember I was exporting screenshots into another painter like app to add stuff on top of it. Shutter will now become my standard tool, thanks.

I still also like flameshot too ;-)

Hotshots is another Qt 4 screenshot app that has a lot of annotation options, and won't pull in a lot of GNOME stuff like shutter.

topic: MX 17 Repository: Flameshot Thread

subforum: Package Requests/Status - MX 17

It's not framed as a "hep me pick the mostest bestest screencapturator utility"
and the off-topic posts (especially staff/admin setting precedent by posting such)
are a distraction for anyone who clicked to find out what's new with the flameshot program or its MX package.

criticism (mine, to richb via PM) is that this "offtopic-bent" seems to be happening increasingly often.

OT

Stevo wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:58 pm Hotshots is another Qt 4 screenshot app that has a lot of annotation options, and won't pull in a lot of GNOME stuff like shutter.

Thanks, will check it out also

OT

Stevo wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:58 pm Hotshots is another Qt 4 screenshot app that has a lot of annotation options, and won't pull in a lot of GNOME stuff like shutter.

This one just may become my favorite, thanks!
As Shutter, you can move/edit already placed annotations, also has auto numeration tool, but is more flexible with colors etc.
Not pulling bunch of gnome stuff is a big plus.

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I'm curious, what does the Flameshot that's in the MX-21 repos have to do with the one in the MX-17 repos? MX-17/18 is Debian Stretch (oldoldstable), MX-21 is Bullseye (stable.) I'm pretty sure the versions of Flameshot in both aren't the same.

the answer is gtk2-engines is not a dependency. Flameshot is a qt application and the gtk2 theme plug-in for Qt generates that message. But in practice it’s harmless.

I just built flameshot 12.0 packages for MX 19-21 test repos, by the way, and they should be there soon.

And I did not add gtk2-engines as a dependency. I don't remember older versions starting up with a cheerful little "Clippy"-like notification, "Hello, I'm here! Click the tray icon, blah blah", but maybe I forget.

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