On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 12:05:30 -0400 Conrad Knight <iestynap...@gmail.com> said:
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 9:53 AM Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 15:44:40 -0400 Conrad Knight <iestynap...@gmail.com> > > said: > > > (Oh, and another question... Why is it that the text of the error > > > message dialogs can't be selected for copy-paste? Seems like being > > > able to report them should be one of the more important things to do > > > with error messages.) > > you can just screenshot it like any window... :) > > Well, you can't search Google for errors using a screenshot! It just > seems that having error message text selectable should be a > no-brainer. selectable text is much more overhead than non-selectable text. efl didn't even have this ability until edje got it long after e was created. it requires handling the events producing selections visible with more selection objects and gluing this with copy & paste. it's not done because it was and always has been simpler not to do it. this is the common case in almost all native ui's - they don't let you select text from them. > Taking a proper screenshot would mean firing up GIMP or something. The no. press printscreen (or click top-left icon of a window and select "take shot"). it's that simple. you can crop and even annotate the shot and right at the bottom "share" will upload and share a url like pastebin... it's really streamlined. you don't need gimp at all. > new version of the built-in screenshot module is an improvement, but i > was wondering if you might entertain some feature requests? > 1) Save options. At the very least, the option to set the file format > to something more appropriate for screenshots. Jpeg is probably the > worst choice. quality > 90% == png. 90% or less == jpeg. so just slide the quality up. :) > 2) An option to screenshot a single window. The crop tool is useful, > but requires some pretty fine mouse movement while holding a button > down. This is a usability and accessibility problem, and isn't as easy > as "click on window". see above... :) it's been in the window menu like... forever... you can ALSO crop a fullscreen shot after the fact - click and drag a selection or just click on a screen or window and it'll cycle through crops for exactly that region (first click will select that screen, next click will select the window you clicked on + padding, click again and it selects that window without any padding. click again and crop is reset to nothing - repeat). > Another big problem i've had since... e20-or-so? I simply cannot get > the keyboard shortcut for screenshots to work. I was hoping the new > module might fix this, but it seems to be a problem with the actual > key-binding part of it. In key bindings settings, i click on any key > in the left pane to enable the "modify" button (is this a bug?). Press > the "modify" button and, when prompted, press the print-screen key. > This highlights "Print" in the left pane, which would seem to indicate > the keypress is correctly detected. > > After some scrolling back-and-forth in the right pane (another bug?) i > can find the current binding. "Take Screenshot" is highlighted, with > the "Action Params" box below it blank. This is the default binding, i > haven't changed anything here. If i click on the "Take Screenshot" > entry, the box fills with a long line of options. Should one of these > options be selected? And the screenshot isn't working because the > default is blank? no need for options unless you want it to be something specific. this should just work, but you have had screenshot menu items for years too... i have no idea why it doesnt work for you. delete it and add it back i guess? > Thanks, > -Conrad. > -- > Shine like thunder > Cry like rain > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
