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Lubuntu/Xlde > is there a way to change scrot printscreen default saving option to shutter?

Previously i was using ubuntu and had to switch due to pc performance issue.. Is there a way to Previously i got gnome-print-screen option replaced by shutter edit option from below thread for ubuntu....
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Renaming png fails with shutter

I am learning to use shutter and from the CLI I was trying to take 10 screenshots at 1 second interval and to rename them, however when I try I get an error message that says: "There was an error ...
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Replace gnome-screenshot save option with shutter edit screen or atleast shutter main screen in ubuntu 14.10?

Normally when i press print screen button in the keyboard, I get gnome-screenshot windows as this .. Is there a way to replace this windows with shutter edit screen or at least shutter main screen, ...
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How can I take a screenshot from a window, with customizable margins

I need a tool that will do the following: selecting a window, will make a screenshot of that window with a x padding, like in the following image: So, in most of the cases x will be equal with y, but ...
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Prevent Shutter Moving Worskspace

I mapped the shutter --active command to alt-print screen for taking screenshots of my active window. Unfortunately, if Shutter is already open in another workspace instead of minimized, then Shutter ...
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any of the software isn't capturing screenshot

Well, I was using Screenshot to capture screens for a long time. But now its causing some problems. When I capture first screen shot after restarting my laptop, it go captured fine. But after one ...
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Shutter very slow and laggy?

Shutter is very slow and laggy and I'm not sure why. I've tried to change settings to "Do not save file automatically" and "Do not copy anything to clipboard" but it's still incredibly slow. I have it ...
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Automatic screen capture script

I'm looking to accomlish exactly what Anwar Shah describes here Bash script to take screenshot and save the image - Ubuntu with the added functionality of setting a time increment for the script to ...
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How to set Shutter as default screenshoter in Ubuntu 14.04

I'm using standard Ubuntu 14.04 with Unity, how come I cannot set Shutter as default screenshoter anymore? I tried everything I knew, I purged it and reinstalled it completely, set it in Compiz ...
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problem downloading Shutter in 12.04

when I click "download" Shutter for v12.04 in Ubuntu Softwarecenter, a window of Launch Application pops up stating: "This link needs to be opened with an application". I have no clue which ...
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How to change the keyboard shortcut to take screenshots with Shutter?

I use Shutter for screenshots. When I press Print Screen or Shift + Ctrl + Z, a popup appears that a screenshot is going to be made in 2 seconds. After that Shutter opens, and I can then crop the ...
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How to take screenshot of shutter's menu?

With the application famously known as shutter, one can take screenshot of about every GUI element: like windows, hidden windows, menus, cursor tip etc. The only thing shutter can't take screenshot ...
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Adding white space to a shutter screen shot

I have a taken a screenshot with Shutter, and I wish to annotate the screenshot, so I click on edit. How do I add white space around the screenshot to put my annotations?
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Upload images to imgur account from shutter

I use shutter for screenshots, it has an option to upload to imgur as a guest, is it possible to upload to my account instead?
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Shutter is running, but I don't see it

I installed shutter yesterday, and it worked great, but I couldn't get it to run today. So I looked around AskUbuntu, and installed the dependencies I was missing and that still didn't solve my ...
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Shutter - Wait until menu dissapear

I'm using Gnome Shell and I have difficulties with Shutter. When I want to take a screenshot, I open menu in upper panel, but I also get that menu in my screenshot. Is there any chance that Shutter ...
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Cannot Install shutter

I get this error when I try installing shutter: The following packages have unmet dependencies: $ sudo apt-get install -f shutter Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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Cannot install shutter due to libxml-simple-perl

I cannot install shutter: $ sudo apt-get install -f shutter Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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Error while installing Shutter on Ubuntu 12.04! [duplicate]

I tried to install shutter with the following command, but I am receiving an error: $ sudo apt-get install shutter Shutter: Depends: gnome-web-photo but it is not installable Depends: libgnome2-perl ...
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Hyperdesktop alternative for Ubuntu 13.04

I recently switched from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 13.04. I found most software that I used on Windows for Ubuntu. Which is why I'm here.. There's an application for Windows called "Hyperdesktop". With ...
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Faster Screen Capture

Good day everyone, I use screen capture utilities to create Anki study flash cards. I have been using the Shutter application with the "Selection" option which allows me to drag the capture region ...
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Shutter selection window

When I open shutter and click on selection the screen is taken up by the various shortcut keys that can be used with it. That information screen at times blocks what I wish to select. How do I get rid ...
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Issue with grabbing screen (screenshots)

Here is a vid demonstrating the issue. Whenever I try and grab a screenshot, I grab a different picture to what I think I am grabbing (except when using ubuntu's printscreen functionality when you ...
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How do I replace xfce4-screenshooter in Xubuntu?

When I press Prnt Scrn in Xubuntu, xfce4-screenshooter starts. I also installed shutter which has many more options to customize and to compress the screenshot into a smaller, better emailable size (...
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Disable "Search Photos" Lens shortcut (Super+C) and Assign to Shutter

I used to use Super+C to take a screenshot with Shutter. After upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04, I have found the Super+C shortcut to be mapped to a "Search Photos" lens. I tried going through Compiz (and ...
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How to fix Shutter?

Error message: WARNING: Net::DBus::GLib is missing --> Ubuntu One support will be disabled! WARNING: Image::ExifTool is missing --> writing Exif information will be disabled! Can't locate Pod/...
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How to make Shutter as the default screenshot tool?

I have shutter 0.90 on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine (installed via PPA). I would like to use it as my default screenshot tool with the Print shortcut key. But I can't find the option in Shutter. It should ...
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Why I can't install Shutter?

I want to install Shutter, because I took a screenshot with the PrintScreen button, but when I try to install Shutter from the software center or from the terminal using the shutter ppa, it says that ...
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How do I disable Shutter plugins?

Shutter is a nice software but it takes a while to load. I observed that initially it loads some plugins (eg:upload-plugin). Is there a way to disable these plugins so that shutter loads quickly? ...
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Get the upload url of a file copied to UbuntuOne by Shutter

I'm using Shutter to export screenshots into a folder which is synced with Ubuntu One. Shutter helpfully marks these files as public, and I get a notification (via NotifyOSD) that the file was ...
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Problem regarding Ubuntu Software Center

A day back everything was fine when using the Software Center. The problem started after attempting to install the app named 'Shutter' (app for taking screenshots) yeasterday. I started the Install ...
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Shutter is using big memory

I included Shutter on my Startup Applications list upon installing the app. For the second time in two days, my laptop would suddenly freeze heavily for a few seconds that I can't even move the mouse ...
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VirtualBox: how to capture screen shots of Ubuntu 11.10 guest on Windows hosts using Ubuntu Shutter utility?

I have an Ubuntu 11.10 guest running within VirtualBox, on a Windows 7 host. I have the 3D acceleration option selected for the guest and I am able to access Unity 3D and Compiz. I find the whole ...
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Shutter Unable to capture website [closed]

Shutter is not able to capture website in 11.10. It gives the following error: I changed shutter preferences to save in JPG but apart from the extension the error remains the same. Any ideas?
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Some gnome lib is missing

I've just installed Kubuntu 11.10 - and it looks like some gnome lib is missing - selectors like that: doesn't work: I can not choose with a mouse tabs on the left. I've installed gnome-common but it ...
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Application Indicator for Shutter

Looking through the list of application indicators, I see screenshots that appear to have a Shutter indicator. Where can I find & install this?
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Keyboard shortcuts not working after removing Shutter

I installed Shutter then removed it, and now Print Screen and Alt+Print Screen shortcuts are no longer triggering screenshots with gnome-screenshot. How do I restore this setting?
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Software center stopped working after I uninstalled kpackagekit

I uninstalled kpackagekit using Ubuntu software center. When it uninstalled, it also uninstalled some dependencies. I was not aware it would do that. Now, if I try to install any software using Ubuntu ...
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Can I make Shutter use standard notifications?

When taking a screenshot with a delay, Shutter shows the countdown to when the screenshot will be taken, using its own custom notifications (see screenshot). Is there anyway to make Shutter use the ...
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Shutter's --selection command line option is missing

In Karmic, shutter used to have a commandline option called --selection, which I've used in a hack to replace gnome-screenshot with the funcionality of shutter. However, this option doesn't not exist ...
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Shutter preferences are not getting saved

I have installed shutter package.And in preferences i have set save path to Desktop.When ever i close shutter and start again the save path points to somewherelse.It keeps changing randomly.I can't ...
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