I'm a newbie to all of this.
I installed DWM to Ubuntu server, and want to set up a hotkey for using maim to take screenshots.
I want to have two hotkeys:
- For a screenshot that gets stored on my desktop
- For a screenshot that gets stored in my clipboard
I have not been able to get this to work.
I added a new hotkey to DWM's config.h:
Code:
{ MODKEY, XK_o, spawn, {.v = screenshot2 } },
and using this called screenshot2:
Code:
static const char *screenshot2[] = {"maim", "-s", "~/Desktop/screenshot.png"};
The hotkey works, letting me take a screenshot, but the screenshot is not saved. Running the same command in the terminal, I find that "Maim failed to open file for writing".
It works when I add sudo to run it, but that causes it to no longer show up when using the dwm hotkey.
Separately to this, I also made a batch file which I call with another hotkey via a function:
Code:
static const char *screenshot1[] = {"./screenshot.sh", NULL };
The contents of screenshot.sh are:
Code:
maim -s | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png
For storing the screenshot in my clipboard. This does not work either, and maim does not even start.
What am I doing wrong? Is it all about writing permissions?
Thank you very much!
