Add selection subject option to grimshot

This enables selecting a window, output, or area within one invocation.
- Drag for an area
- Click on a window to select it
- Click outside of all windows (e.g. in gaps or on the statusbar) to
select the output
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Ragnar Groot Koerkamp 2021-05-20 13:37:26 +02:00
parent 8f036b6f78
commit 49545189ac
3 changed files with 22 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ FILE=${3:-$(getTargetDirectory)/$(date -Ins).png}
if [ "$ACTION" != "save" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "copy" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "check" ]; then
echo "Usage:"
echo " grimshot [--notify] (copy|save) [active|screen|output|area|window] [FILE|-]"
echo " grimshot [--notify] (copy|save) [active|screen|output|area|window|selection] [FILE|-]"
echo " grimshot check"
echo " grimshot usage"
echo ""
@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ if [ "$ACTION" != "save" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "copy" ] && [ "$ACTION" != "check"
echo " output: Currently active output."
echo " area: Manually select a region."
echo " window: Manually select a window."
echo " selection: Manually select an area, window, or output."
exit
fi
@ -135,6 +136,13 @@ elif [ "$SUBJECT" = "window" ] ; then
exit 1
fi
WHAT="Window"
elif [ "$SUBJECT" = "selection" ] ; then
GEOM=$(swaymsg -t get_tree | jq -r '.. | select((.pid? and .visible?) or (.type == "output" and .active)) | .rect | "\(.x),\(.y) \(.width)x\(.height)"' | slurp)
# Check if user exited slurp without selecting the area
if [ -z "$GEOM" ]; then
exit
fi
WHAT="Selection"
else
die "Unknown subject to take a screen shot from" "$SUBJECT"
fi

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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
.nh
.ad l
.\" Begin generated content:
.TH "grimshot" "1" "2021-02-23"
.TH "grimshot" "1" "2021-05-20"
.P
.SH NAME
.P
@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ captures it.\&
Captures the currently active output.\&
.P
.RE
\fIselection\fR
.RS 4
Allows manually selection a single window (by clicking on it), an output (by
clicking outside of all windows, e.\&g.\& on the status bar), or an area (by
using click and drag).\&
.P
.RE
.SH OUTPUT
.P
Grimshot will print the filename of the captured screenshot to stdout if called

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@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ _window_
_output_
Captures the currently active output.
_selection_
Allows manually selection a single window (by clicking on it), an output (by
clicking outside of all windows, e.g. on the status bar), or an area (by
using click and drag).
# OUTPUT
Grimshot will print the filename of the captured screenshot to stdout if called