take_screenshots_in_kde_with_win_shift_s []

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===== Take screenshots in KDE with win+shift+s =====

==== Spec ====
Requirements:
  * Take screenshots with win+shift+s.
  * Screenshot should be copied to clipboard so it can be pasted into other applications.
  * Screenshot should be saved into a file so it can be referred to later.

Scope:
  * KDE running on Debian stable

tags | screen snip
==== Solution ====
<code>
# Go to Custom Shortcuts
K Menu -> System Settings -> Workspace -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts
# Create a new custom group called Spectacle
-> Edit -> New Group -> give it a name, say, "Spectacle"
-> Click on the checkbox next to Spectacle
# create new custom shortcut(s)
-> Edit > New > Global Shortcut > Command/URL
--> Give it a name, say, "PrintScreen Clipboard Rectangular"
--> Comment: Copy the screenshot into clipboard and also save it to a file.
--> Trigger: Meta+Shift+S
# The output directory will be created if it does not already exist.
--> Action: Command/URL: spectacle -bcr -o "$HOME/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot from $(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').png"
-> Apply
</code>

==== Testing results ====
  * Can take screenshots using Win+Shift+s
  * Screenshots can be pasted into other applications such as lowriter using ctrl+v
  * Screenshots are stored in ~/Pictures/Screenshots <code>
rajulocal@hogwarts ~ % ls -1 ~/Pictures/Screenshots
'Screenshot from 2023-04-24 17:32:36.png'
'Screenshot from 2023-04-24 18:14:57.png'
</code>
  * Tested on <code>
% spectacle --version
spectacle 20.12.3

% cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="11"
VERSION="11 (bullseye)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

% uname -a
Linux hogwarts 5.10.0-17-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.136-1 (2022-08-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux
</code>

==== See also ====
  * https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?t=140137 - I found the above solution here. I just aggregated it into a single post for easy reference. All the credit goes to the original authors.

  * https://askubuntu.com/a/1465109/574082 - I posted the above solution to askubuntu.

==== May be useful later ====
After adding this, I have

<code>
rajulocal@hogwarts ~/.config % git grep -i --no-index "PrintScreen Clipboard Rectangular"
kglobalshortcutsrc:{3d9c7702-3955-4696-a8d5-89bd46f488ac}=Meta+Shift+S,none,PrintScreen Clipboard Rectangular
khotkeysrc:Name=PrintScreen Clipboard Rectangular
</code>