https://github.com/lxqt/screengrab

Crossplatform tool for fast making screenshots.
https://github.com/lxqt/screengrab

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Crossplatform tool for fast making screenshots.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lxqt/screengrab
• Owner: lxqt
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2014-05-29T13:36:06.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-12T05:47:41.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T11:13:11.819Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: C++
• Homepage: https://lxqt.github.io
• Size: 2.16 MB
• Stars: 73
• Watchers: 22
• Forks: 43
• Open Issues: 28
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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# ScreenGrab

## Overview

An application for creating screenshots. ScreenGrab uses the Qt framework and thus,

it is independent from any desktop environment.

![ScreenGrab](screengrab.png)

## Features

* Screenshot of screen area, window, fullscreen and last selected area

* Delay

* Edit directly in other applications

* Automatic saving; insert date+time in filename

* Fit to edges by right click

* Custom shortcuts

## Installation

### Compiling source code

#### Build requirements

 * Qt6 >= 6.6

 * CMake >= 3.1.0 (only for building ScreenGrab from sources)

 * GCC > 4.5

 * KF6WindowSystem

 * [lxqt-build-tools](https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-build-tools)

 * [libqtxdg](https://github.com/lxqt/libqtxdg/)(if compiled with the ability to edit screenshots in external apps, which is the case by default)

To build ScreenGrab from sources, use these commands:

	mkdir build

	cd build

	cmake [BUILD OPTIONS] ../

	make

	make install

#### Build options

You can use some or all of these parameters to customise your build.

 * **-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX** - Install prefix for Linux distro. Default setting: "/usr".

 * **-DSG_XDG_CONFIG_SUPPORT** - Place config files into XDGC_CONFIG_HOME directory

(usually - ~/.config/${app_name) ). Default setting: ON. In previous versions the

config files were stored in ~/.screengrab (Set this parameter to "OFF" to store the config files here).

 * **-DSG_EXT_UPLOADS** - Enable uploading screenshots to image hosting services. Default setting: ON.

 * **-DSG_DBUS_NOTIFY** - Enable D-Bus notifications.

 * **-DSG_GLOBALSHORTCUTS** - Enable global shortcuts for main actions to create screenshots. Default setting: ON.

 * **-DSG_USE_SYSTEM_QXT** - Use system version Qxt Library for global shortcuts. Default setting: OFF.

 * **-DSG_DOCDIR** - Name for the directory of user's documentation. Default setting:  "screengrab".

Dfault setting: OFF.

 * **-DDEV_VERSION** - Set a dev-version here, maybe git describe $foo. Default not set.

#### Build notes

For Debian based Linux distributions please use the distribution build tools. One can get the source-code with

```

apt source screengrab # Sources for the released package

- or -

git clone https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/screengrab

```

Build with the tools provided by `devscripts` or better with `pbuilder` or `sbuild`

### Binary packages

Official binary packages are available in all major distributions. Just use the distributions'

package manager to search for string 'screengrab'.

## LICENSE

Screengrab is licensed under the GPL v2. See file LICENSE in docs directory for more information

## Copyright

(c) 2014-2022, LXQt Project  

(c) 2009-2013, Artem 'DOOMer' Galichkin

## Translation

Translations can be done in [LXQt-Weblate](https://translate.lxqt-project.org/projects/lxqt-desktop/screengrab/)