12.04 [Print Screen] key not prompting for file location anymore
Dave Woyciesjes
woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jun 19 21:47:53 UTC 2012
On 06/19/2012 03:31 PM, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:46:23AM -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>> On 06/19/2012 10:27 AM, Marius Gedminas wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:17:23AM -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>>>> Upgraded to 12.04 the other day. Now when I hit the [Print Screen]
>>>> key, it takes the screenshot; but instead of prompting for where to
>>>> put the picture, it just defaults to the Pictures folder.
>>>> Searching around the interweb turns up nothing. Any pointers?
>>>
>>> Seems to be a new GNOME 3.4 feature. I've found the gsettings key to change
>>> the location, but I haven't found a way to have it pop up a save as
>>> dialog.
>>>
>>> (The key is org.gnome.gnome-screenshot.auto-save-directory BTW.)
>>>
>>> Marius Gedminas
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm, mine seems to be already empty:
>>
>> ~$ sudo gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory
>> ''
>
> AFAIU blank means 'use the Pictures folder' (which can be translated
> into your native language etc.).
>
> Marius Gedminas
>
Hmm, makes sense. Looks like I need to poke around with the syntax &
options for gsetings to see if there is an option I can insert, like
(prompt) ?
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