GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 562149
gnome-screenshot does not remember include_border setting
Last modified: 2008-11-25 08:06:55 UTC
this report has been filed here: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/gnome-utils/+bug/301544 "gnome-screenshot does not remember settings like "grab the current window" or "include pointer" unchecked. Say I always want to disinclude the pointer or I always want to grab the current window only then I have to adjust the settings every time I make a screenshot. This becomes annoying after a while. It would be a better configuration, imho, if gnome-screenshot would remember the specific settings for the next time it is invoked." "settings like seconds in delay are saved, however the "Include pointer" and "Grab the current window" or desktop aren't" Thanks,
this has already been fixed in 2.24. the only setting not saved is "take the current window" vs. "take the desktop" because it's *not* a setting.
I have 2.24 and it's not fixed here. The "Include pointer" setting is not remembered. And regarding the "window/desktop" thing, I would prefer if this would be remembered too. Why not remember that one? Why is it not a setting? Sorry, but say you want to make 10 screenshots of 10 different windows, then you have to check "take window" 10 times. It's less likely that you have to take 10 screenshots and they are alternating in being "desktop" and "window".
(In reply to comment #2) > I have 2.24 and it's not fixed here. The "Include pointer" setting is not > remembered. yes, this is a bug - apparently I missed it. reopening the bug for this. > And regarding the "window/desktop" thing, I would prefer if this > would be remembered too. Why not remember that one? Why is it not a setting? because it's an action, not a setting; because reverting it's much more complicated; because you already have at least three ways of taking a screenshot of a window: -w|--window command line argument, Alt+PrintScreen, the Applications -> Accessories -> Take Screenshot menu item.
fixed in trunk and gnome-2-24 branch; will be in the next stable release. 2008-11-24 Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi@gnome.org> Merge from trunk: Bug 562149 – gnome-screenshot does not remember include_border setting * gnome-screenshot.c: (save_options): Save the include-pointer setting to GConf.
The Alt-Printscreen shortcut does not work for me. I still don't understand why window/desktop is not a setting but the others are. Anyway, thanks a lot for fixing the other stuff!