You might want to use an alternative shortcut. Ctrl+Print for example.

Thanks for your patience.

But if I start in commandline
shutter –full &
and then again
shutter –full &
I have 2 shutter started
pgrep -l shutter
2905 shutter
2919 shutter

Is this the way it should be?

really great program.
I’m using KDE.

By changing the shortcut to start shutter I can start shutter by pressing the ‘Print’-Key for example.
The problem is, if shutter is already started I don’t want a new shutter. I just want to take a new screenshot. Changing the keybinding in shutter doesn’t seem to be recognized by kde.
Is this possible?

Thank you,
Alex

Raymond :

Shutter 0.80.1 in Jaunty 64 bits with compiz activated. I changed key binding options in Gnome compatibility:

PrintScreen is shutter –disable_systray
Alt PrintScreen is shutter –window –disable_systray

This way I don’t overcrowded the systray. But I realised that more than one instance of shutter is launched if I press PrintScreen and also Alt Printscreen.

Is this behavior normal ?

No, generally it’s not. I’ve tried to reproduce this but I did not succeed.

In your first command (PrintScreen) there is no “Capture” parameter set (--full, --window, --section etc.). In this case it is expected behavior that Shutter starts more than one time.

Al :

I’ve bound a key to shutter –window. However, that just lets you select a window. What would be good is if it simply captured the currently active window whatever that happened to be (sort of like –full captures the whole screen). Is there a way to do that?

Currently this is not possible but I’ve created a new bug report for this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/shutter/+bug/429677

Thanks for your suggestion.

PrintScreen is shutter –disable_systray
Alt PrintScreen is shutter –window –disable_systray

This way I don’t overcrowded the systray. But I realised that more than one instance of shutter is launched if I press PrintScreen and also Alt Printscreen.

Is this behavior normal ?

Steve Shaw :

Gnome-Keybinding:

Capture PrtSc
Capture with selection PrtSc
DropDown = Selection

Because you’ve configured the same keybinding for full screen and for selection mode.
Try this setting for example:
Capture: "Print"
Capture with selection: "<Alt>Print"
DropDown: "Selection"

You can start the selection mode by pressing <Alt>Print then.

Great program, but I was wondering is it not possible to set the PrtSc key to prompt for the capture area?

I have the following setting in Ubuntu904/Gnome:

Gnome-Keybinding:

Capture PrtSc
Capture with selection PrtSc
DropDown = Selection

But everytime I press PrtSc is capture the whole screen, I want it to prompt me for the capture area.

I’ve clicked “save configuration as profile” and then “set profile for current configuration” but it refuses to prompt me for the capture area, just keeps taking the whole screen.

Hope there is a solution to this!

Many thanks, great work

Carlos :
In other question then, I haven’t been able to configure a global shortcut that could work in Shutter for capturing a selection of the screen.
an important note, I’m running Ubuntu Jaunty in a MacBook 2.1 so I don’t have a “PrintScreen” button in this keyboard… Also, what would be the code for the “Command/Apple” key of my MacBook? (like, is for control, and is for Alt…) I tried with but didn’t work.

Theoretically you can use every key combination you would like to use, e.g.

http://shutter-project.org/wp-content/uploads/used_in_comments/keybinding_no_printkey.png
(First setting defines the keybinding for fullscreen capture, second one is configured to start the selection mode when using the keybinding)

If you are using compiz it might be needed to set the “GConf Configuration Backend” in compiz settings, see: http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/10862/screenshot_100_522__0qQ9N4.png

Yes, I know the option in Shutter for that, I was just wondering if there was the posibility to integrate the “Screenshot” Extra in CompizConfig Settings Manager with Shutter.

But I gues it is just giving too much rounds on something that is already implemented in Shutter.

In other question then, I haven’t been able to configure a global shortcut that could work in Shutter for capturing a selection of the screen.

an important note, I’m running Ubuntu Jaunty in a MacBook 2.1 so I don’t have a “PrintScreen” button in this keyboard… Also, what would be the code for the “Command/Apple” key of my MacBook? (like, is for control, and is for Alt…) I tried with but didn’t work.

Thank you again.

I was just wondering if there is the possibility to do something.

With Compiz, it is possible to take Selection screenshots that get saved in the desktop as a .png image. You just have to keep the “Win” key (or Command/Apple key in Mac) and drag the region you want to capture.

It could be really great if when I do this, the capture would go automatically to Shutter. If this is possible, please let me know what should I do, and if not, I think it would be a great feature to have

There was an update / bugfix related to the CompizConfig Settings Manager in Ubuntu Jaunty during the last few days or so.
The Settings Manager monitors any changes made in the gconf again in case you have the “Gnome Compatibility Plugin” enabled.

Everything should be fine again now (and I can drop my code to fix this problem manually )…