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Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2024 6:09 am**

.shot timer delay period, quick.notsoquickshot.shot
Hello Everyone
quickshot config file add/edit to OPTION -d 2.
fluxbox keys add/edit Delay microseconds to full screen shot.
# Control Mod1 x :Delay {exec mxfb-quickshot r jpg} 2000000

This sample uses bash sleep to delay the quickshot after keypress. This sample provides quick change to the sleep NNs seconds.
Save these entries into ~/.fluxbox/keys

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Control Mod1 x :Exec ~/.fluxbox/scripts/quicklessquick
Control Mod1 z :MacroCmd {exec quicklessquickperiod} {reconfig}

This sample destination is /usr/local/bin/quicklessquickperiod

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#!/bin/bash
            if ! [ -e $HOME/.fluxbox/scripts/quicklessquick ] ; then
            echo "sleep 2s && mxfb-quickshot r jpg" > $HOME/.fluxbox/scripts/quicklessquick
            fi
#           needs to be allowed executable, after creation. quicklessquick.             
me="$(basename "$0")";
running=$(ps h -C "${me}" | grep -wv $$ | wc -l);
[[ $running > 1 ]] &&wmctrl -R "sleep NNs  " && exit;

TMP_FILE=$(mktemp --tmpdir=${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp} editbox.txt.XXXXXXXX)
yad --center --window-icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/menulibre.png \
     --image=/usr/share/yelp/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/yelp-page-task.png \
     --fore="#3F0000" --back grey84 --title="sleep NNs  " --width 344 --height 180 \
     --undecorated \
     --text-info --show-uri --uri-color="#3F0000" --wrap \
     --editable < "$HOME/.fluxbox/scripts/quicklessquick" 2>/dev/null > $TMP_FILE
case $? in
    0) cat $TMP_FILE > "$HOME/.fluxbox/scripts/quicklessquick"
        rm -f $TMP_FILE
         quicklessquickperiod
# Save with OK.  The above line keeps the editor box open; close with Cancel button. comment it to have close with the OK button.
   ;;
    *) rm -f $TMP_FILE
   ;;
esac

/usr/local/bin/quicklessquickperiod allow executable.
Run /usr/local/bin/quicklessquickperiod
$HOME/.fluxbox/scripts/quicklessquick allow executable.
Try the keybinds. control+alt+x and control+alt+z.

Control Mod1 z brings a text box where change the numerals for seconds in sleep 2s. The big picture is that the keybind Control Mod1 x will launch what is typed in the box. For sample period timer confine edit on numerals. click OK to save.

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2024 7:38 am**

Thanks for posting this. I'll be able to look at it later today.

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2024 8:50 am**

hello
tenr.de is not responding.
I do think the original tenner shot sh was created before scrot had -d.

Am Trialing the sample on another system, no icons, but it works.

About Delay microseconds fluxboxCommands:
Imagine it set for eleven seconds and you realize that you are not going to be ready within eleven seconds. Press the keys combination again to extend additional eleven seconds. keypress restarts the timer.

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:52 am**

Why are you looking at tener.de and not our mxfb-quickshot? BTW: the current scrot has it, and it works

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       -d, --delay [b]SEC
              Wait  SEC seconds before taking a shot.  When given the `b` prefix, e.g `-d b8`, the delay will be
              applied before selection.

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:48 am**

Hello Jerry3904
Historically speaking... about shot sh.
I think sleep has been the method.

Are you pleased with accomplishment of the shot delay without touching mxfb-quickshot or its config. file?
Sample script does not touch mxfb-quickshot or its config. file where the scrot -d can become OPTION. If you do edit OPTION for full screen i like -p for full screen too. wink. For -d to change on the fly is sed config. rather than this sample script singled out the command manipulating around mxfb-quickshot while not manipulating scrot.

Fluxbox keys "Delay" at twelve seconds is probably fairly durable and will not need change often(?)
Delay without touching mxfb-quickshot or its config. file.

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2024 11:21 am**

i_ri wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 8:50 am tenr.de is not responding.

The site has been down for a couple of weeks now. Not sure if it will be back. (it had a great section on learning to create custom styles)
It's a shame because it had a link to download all of the styles collected from all over the web. (I'm glad I downloaded that file awhile back)

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2024 12:49 pm**

i_ri wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:48 am Hello Jerry3904
Historically speaking... about shot sh.
I think sleep has been the method.

Are you pleased with accomplishment of the shot delay without touching mxfb-quickshot or its config. file?
Sample script does not touch mxfb-quickshot or its config. file where the scrot -d can become OPTION. If you do edit OPTION for full screen i like -p for full screen too. wink. For -d to change on the fly is sed config. rather than this sample script singled out the command manipulating around mxfb-quickshot while not manipulating scrot.

Fluxbox keys "Delay" at twelve seconds is probably fairly durable and will not need change often(?)
Delay without touching mxfb-quickshot or its config. file.

Haven't tried it yet. To be honest, my preference ATM is to modify mxfb-quickshot rather than introduce a separate script and mechanism. But we have ots of time...

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2024 1:06 pm**

Jerry3904 wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 12:49 pm my preference ATM is to modify mxfb-quickshot rather than introduce a separate script and mechanism. But we have ots of time...

+1
The current way is easy. I press the print screen button and have a plus sign mouse pointer show up.
All I have to do is either left click (on an empty desktop area) for full screen images, left click on title bars for window shots
or left click hold and draw a rectangle around the object I want to screen shot.

Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2024 11:03 am**

Thanks Jerry3904 and siamhie
hello gtkdialog
Assign value seconds for sleep. May i say retard?
Pause, wait, delay, timer, interim, postponement

Is paused mxfb-quickshot fullscreen Quickshot for later

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#!/bin/bash
export DIALOG=$(cat <<End_of_Text

<window title="DELAY ExecuteCommand" icon-name="player_pause" window-position="1" allow-grow="false" border-width="8">

<vbox>
<frame   SECONDS  interim   click interim shot   >
<spinbutton range-min="2" range-max="257" range-step="1" range-value="11" xalign="0.5" max-length="3" progress-fraction="0.00">
<variable>DELAYPERIOD</variable>
</spinbutton>
</frame>
<frame   Pause  Quickshot           >
        <button ok></button>
</frame>
</vbox>

</window>
End_of_Text
)

I=$IFS; IFS=""
for STATEMENTS in  $(gtkdialog --program DIALOG); do
  eval $STATEMENTS
done
IFS=$I

if [ "$EXIT" = "OK" ] ; then
sleep ${DELAYPERIOD}s && mxfb-quickshot r jpg
else
exit
fi

test notify-send with

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notify-send -i love-emote hello everyone

To Turn On Quickshot notifications for shot Taken
go to mxfb-quickshot
Have line 270 reflect the notification on line 233;
add the && /usr/bin/notify-send -i "$ICONPATH" -t 3000 " $SUCCESS"
to end line 270 take_shot

Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2024 3:58 pm**

Well that works, thanks! That's a good start on where I'd like to go.

In addition to a number of small edits, I will want to bind it to a couple of key patterns to fit in with existing ones. Maybe come up with a simple usage with a fixed delay for common situations that triggers the default interactive state, so Print then "d" would be all that was required. We'll see...

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