maimpick


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#!/bin/sh

# This is bound to Shift+1 by default, requires maim. It lets you
# choose the kind of screenshot to take, including copying the image or even
# highlighting an area to copy. scrotcucks on suicidewatch right now.

output="$(date '+%y%m%d-%H%M-%S').png"
xclip_cmd="xclip -sel clip -t image/png"
ocr_cmd="xclip -sel clip"

case "$(printf 'a selected area\ncurrent window\nfull screen\na selected area (copy)\ncurrent window (copy)\nfull screen (copy)\ncopy selected image to text' | dmenu -l 7 -i -p "Screenshot which area?")" in
"a selected area") maim -u -s pic-selected-"${output}" ;;
"current window") maim -B -q -d 0.2 -i "$(xdotool getactivewindow)" pic-window-"${output}" ;;
"full screen") maim -q -d 0.2 pic-full-"${output}" ;;
"a selected area (copy)") maim -u -s | ${xclip_cmd} ;;
"current window (copy)") maim -q -d 0.2 -i "$(xdotool getactivewindow)" | ${xclip_cmd} ;;
"full screen (copy)") maim -q -d 0.2 | ${xclip_cmd} ;;
"copy selected image to text") tmpfile=$(mktemp /tmp/ocr-XXXXXX.png) && maim -u -s >"$tmpfile" && tesseract "$tmpfile" - -l eng | ${ocr_cmd} && rm "$tmpfile" ;;
esac