.xbindkeysrc

~/bin/shoot.sh
Alt + Print

README.org

This script takes a screenshot, uploads it to an sftp server, and pastes the URL in the clipboard.

Please note that one obviously needs an SFTP account with a static web server configured on the dir in order to use this.

It requires:

xbindkeys

to invoke via a keyboard shortcut

scrot

to take the screenshot

xclip

to copy the URL into the clipboard

notify-send

to put a notification on screen when done

Installation

1. put .xbindkeysrc in your home directory
2. put shoot.sh somewhere in your path. make sure the command in .xinbdkeysrc points at the correct location of shoot.sh
3. In shoot.sh, replace “www/screenshots”, “static” and “static.ezd.lan/screenshots” with the upload dir, sftp host and URL, respectively.

Usage

1. Press Alt+PrintScreen
2. Choose the area for your screenshot
3. Paste the link from your clipboard (middle mouse button) once the notification appeared.

shoot.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# modification of a script By Sirupsen @ http://sirupsen.dk (http://sirupsen.com/a-simple-imgur-bash-screenshot-utility/)

function uploadImage {

  (echo progress; echo cd www/screenshots ; echo "put $1"; echo quit)|sftp -b - static
}
IMGNAME="shot-`date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M.%S'`.png"
scrot -s $IMGNAME
uploadImage $IMGNAME 

echo "http://static.ezd.lan/screenshots/"$IMGNAME | xclip -i
rm $IMGNAME
notify-send "Done,"$IMGNAME