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#1 2025-10-23 13:50:58
- MarkW
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Key Binding For Scrot [Solved]
This isn't working for me. Any ideas why not?
key "Super+s" scrot /home/mark/Pictures/screenshots/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.png
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#2 2025-10-23 16:21:27
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Re: Key Binding For Scrot [Solved]
Run the command
scrot /home/mark/Pictures/screenshots/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.pngin a terminal and see if it gives you an error message.
That might be one of the commands set up for the BL desktop by xbindkeys. If you're running IceWm now, you need to make sure the same xbindkeys command is loaded at IceWm startup.
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#3 2025-10-23 17:10:10
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Re: Key Binding For Scrot [Solved]
It works in a terminal. So the actual command is clearly correct.
Where is the xblindkeys file I'm looking for?
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#4 2025-10-23 18:50:08
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Re: Key Binding For Scrot [Solved]
Run
xbindkeysin a terminal and see if the binding works.
You still have the default openbox installed? You can copy the xbindkeys command from the openbox startup file.
By default, the file is ~/.xbindkeysrc
I can't remember if BL calls a different config file, and I don't have BL installed at the moment.
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#5 2025-10-23 18:52:14
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Re: Key Binding For Scrot [Solved]
Another option would be to add the bindings you want to the IceWm configuration file.
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#6 2025-10-23 19:20:14
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Re: Key Binding For Scrot [Solved]
Found it. In xkeybindingssrc Scrot is mapped to Alt Print. But my Print key doesn't work
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#7 2025-10-23 20:18:32
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Re: Key Binding For Scrot [Solved]
Just need to edit the keybinding to something that will work and doesn't repeat an existing keybinding for IceWm.
"scrot /home/mark/Pictures/screenshots/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.png"
Mod4 + sIt's not automatic. You will need to logout/log in for xbindkeys to make the change.
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#8 2025-10-23 20:20:08
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Re: Key Binding For Scrot [Solved]
xkeybindingssrc ??
typo?
it's .xbindkeysrc on the BL carbon live session I'm using at the moment.
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#9 2025-10-23 21:12:28
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Re: Key Binding For Scrot [Solved]
Did it!
key "Super+s" scrot '%Y-%m-%d--%s_$wx$h_scrot.png' -e 'mv $f ~/Pictures/screenshots/ ; bl-image-viewer ~/Pictures/screenshots/$f'Taking the quotation marks out solved the problem
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