12.04 [Print Screen] key not prompting for file location anymore

[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 06/21/2012 03:16 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 10:00 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:45:56 -0400
>> Dave Woyciesjes<woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> 	So, just did a fresh install of 12.04x64 on a spare Latitude
>>> D620... Now it's getting interesting. After the install, the [Print
>>> Screen] key pops up the location box like I want.
>>> 	Via Synaptic, I install Gnome and remove Unity. Now the
>>> prompt doesn't occur. Via Synaptic, add Unity (yuck)&  Ubuntu-Desktop
>>> back in. Still no prompt when using Gnome Shell, but when I login to
>>> Unity, it does prompt. So, what the fuck is Gnome doing?
>>>
>> Are you sure that it is GNOME that is to blame?
>
> Appears that way:
> <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669629>
> [When I press the Print Screen button, it will not appear in "Save
> Screenshot" window.]
>
>> Perhaps it is an Ubuntu
>> removal of GNOME functionality.
>
> Ubuntu supposedly fixed it:
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/927952>
> [When I press the Print Screen button, it will not appear in "Save
> Screenshot" window.]

	But only for Unity:
"...
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-screenshot - 3.3.2-0ubuntu3
---------------
gnome-screenshot (3.3.2-0ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low

   * debian/patches/ubuntu_interactive_screenshots.patch:
====> - on Unity sessions display a confirmation dialog after taking
       screenshots with the keybindings, the auto saving behaviour is
       confusing our users (lp: #927952)
  -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:47:18 +0100
..."

Because:
"...
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2012-02-20: 	#39

Tobias, because we keep being asked by GNOME upstream and GNOME user to 
let their desktop alone and ship it as designed so that's what we try to 
do, we stick to upstream behaviour for GNOME environments and take 
design decision for Unity
..."

	Now if I could find out how they fixed it for Unity, and if it could be 
applied ty my Gnome Shell install.
	Or maybe get Gnome Shell to use Shutter instead....

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