3

I tried the following command:

gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory "file://$HOME/screenshots

And it didn't appear to do anything. gnome-screenshot seems to ignore this command and only use XDG_PICTURES_DIR to make decisions. I can set XDG_PICTURES_DIR to ~/screenshots, which I did and it works, but I would like to separate screenshots and pictures. Is there any way to do this?

damadam
  • 2,833
Nicholas Pipitone
  • 161
  • 9
  • gnome-screenshot has the -f option which allows you to specify a filename and its path. I use $HOME/wherever/"$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)".png. – DK Bose Nov 20 '19 at 08:23

1 Answers1

2

Gnome developer has changed the way the schema behaves, you may see the bugzilla page regarding the whole ordeal → https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699642.

However you can install Screenshot Locations extension to achieve exactly what you want, with the extension installed— you can change the default directory to save your screenshot seamlessly.

Another workaround to this would be disabling the shortcuts in the Keyboard Shortcuts, then add new ones which uses gnome-screenshot command. This also works and still respect the auto-save-directory schema.

Liso
  • 15,377
  • 3
  • 51
  • 80