Light Capture

A light weight snapshot tool for Linux, just for fun.

Why

I am writing this because I need a snapshot tool like QQ embedded one. Under linux, we have the following tools:

• gnome-screenshot
  • Pro: Installed by gnome interface linux.
  • Con: Terminal based, cannot draw something after capture.
• scrot
  • Pro: Many functions with commands, light-weight.
  • Con: The same as gnome-screenshot.
• shutter
  • Pro: Rich function for edit, and the editor is not heavy like GIMP but has enough functions, I really like it.
  • Con: Official deb for Ubuntu not provided, apt source is blocked where I work, this tool needs extra dependencies if you want to use its editor.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shutter/ppa
    sudo apt-get update #for Linux Mint only, this is done automatically on Ubuntu
    sudo apt install shutter
    # Fix eidtor
    curl -o FixShutterEdit.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/letsfoss/Fix-Disabled-Edit-Option-In-Shutter/master/FixShutterEdit.sh; chmod +x FixShutterEdit.sh; ./FixShutterEdit.sh
    

• flameshot
  • Pro: I think it is ideal tool.
  • Con: Depends on QT while the QT version does not match my development version, I don't want to take the risk to reinstall QT. (AppImage can solve it but the clipboard cannot work)

Features

So I just need a easy tool with this features:

1. Little dependency xclip(for clipboard), Pillow(Python, need install), tkinter(Python installed by default)
2. Portable the dependency upon is available on most Linux systems.

Functions

• move
• rectangle
• circle
• arrow
• number
• pencil
  • optimize the curve
• pen
  • Fix the curve not connect problem
  • Support pen size edit
• text
• blur (pen-mode, rectangle-mode)
  • Support pen mode
  • Support customize block size
• eraser (pen-mode, rectangle-mode)
  • Support erase edit only
  • Support rectangle
  • Support pen size edit
• undo
• redo
• open
• abort
• save
• clipboard
• edit top image (size change)
• put window always on top
• centralized configuration management
• use gnome-screenshot/scrot for snapshot and edit by this tool(use as merely front end)
• Optimize font settings(by using font family instead of font file)
• Sub Menus
  • Fill Color (RGBA) - rectangle,circle
  • Fill - rectangle,circle
  • Border Size - rectangle,circle
  • Border Color - rectangle,circle
  • Color - arrow, number, pencil, pen, text
  • Size - number, pencil, pen, text, blur, eraser
  • Font - text
• other functions ...

I am going to finish them with my trivial time out of work.

Welcome to provide good ideas but I will not promise accept and finish them.

Light & Portable is the rule, prefer to abandon some "useful" functions if they do not obey the rule.

Bugs

1. Keyboard(ESC & Enter) does not work on Ubuntu(but work on Windows)
2. Windows clipboard support(Maybe never fix it because Windows doesn't need this tool)