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		wink on Feb 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A new wave of Linux applications I've had problems with scrot and drawing selections, so I've been using maim for a while, otherwise: yes, exactly my kit - but for IM's convert I have to search for the syntax every damn time, it really sucks.

imiric on Feb 16, 2022 [–]

I use this script to help with selections:

scrot -a $(slop -f '%x,%y,%w,%h')

wink on Feb 16, 2022 | [–]

Thanks, gonna try that one - but so far maim hasn't let me down and it's a drop-in replacement.

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