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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: kde-apps/ksnapshot
From:       "J. Roeleveld" <joost () antarean ! org>
Date:       2016-08-24 8:36:50
Message-ID: 11502947.HlNeatjVYB () eve
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On Monday, July 18, 2016 08:59:53 AM Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 06:59:02 +0100, Mick wrote:
> > > > I beg your pardon - my cognitive bias took over.  It does
> > > > auto-increment if the name of the picture exists, but it appears
> > > > that .png  is the default and only image format spectacle will use
> > > > at present.
> > > 
> > > Not here. I take a screenshot and save it as "test_1.png". Then I take
> > > another and hit Save As, the name defaults to ".png".
> > 
> > Its behaviour is not as one would expect based on previous Kscreenshot
> > experience:
> > 
> > I set up the default file name in Configure Save Options as "Test".
> > 
> > I take a pic, press Ctrl+S and it is saved as "Test.png", second pic
> > will be saved as "Test-1.png", third pic saved as "Test-2.png" and so
> > on.
> 
> Yes, that works, but it always saves it in the same location. With Save
> As it remembers the last location but does not increment the filename.
> This is the behaviour I need, saving sequential screenshots in a
> particular directory, and I suspect Joost's needs are similar.
> 
> Since it does increment the filename with Save, but not with Save As, I
> feel this is a bug rather than a deliberate missing feature, so I'll file
> a report.
> 
> It's still not as useful as KSnapshot's approach of remembering both the
> location and the name, it even showed the name a new screenshot would be
> saved as in the title bar.

Been trying out different options with Spectacle, but I still can't get it to 
do anything sane.

If you managed to file a bug report, can you provide the URL to it?

Thanks,

Joost

PS. sorry for the late reply to this, got stuck with work and still trying to 
catch up...

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