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Screenshot tool

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Description

### Expected

Something as good as [ShareX](https://getsharex.com/) ([GitHub repo](https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX)) that I used on Windows

### Potential solutions

Screenshot tool

- Built-in: `xfce4-screenshooter` (just search for `Screenshot` in the apps)
- https://flameshot.org/
- `pamac install flameshot`
- No gif capture
- Works fine for basic screenshotting
- `pamac install peek` :heavy_check_mark:
- This works pretty well for gifs
- Only problem is that it's [deprecated (as of 2023-01-14)](https://github.com/phw/peek/issues/1191)
- `pamac install kooha` :x:
- I couldn't get this one to work and seems like [they don't support non-GNOME desktop environments](https://github.com/SeaDve/Kooha/issues/10).

Error output

```
Failed to start recording

Caused by:
0: Check out It Doesn't Work page for help.
1: Failed to create ScreencastSession
2: Failed to create session
3: Interaction was ended in some other way with response Variant { ptr: 0x5629a1b918d0, type: VariantTy { inner: "a{sv}" }, value: "@a{sv} {}" }
```
Error as of 2024-02-09:
```
Failed to start recording

Caused by:
0: Check out It Doesn't Work page for help.
1: Failed to create ScreencastSession
2: Failed to create session
3: Failed to call `CreateSession` with parameters: Variant { ptr: 0x5618d5dee260, type: VariantTy { inner: "(a{sv})" }, value: "({'session_handle_token': <'kooha_0'>, 'handle_token': <'kooha_1'>},)" }
4: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop
```

- TODO: Find something better

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by reviewing the listed alternatives—xfce4-screenshooter, Flameshot, Peek, and Kooha—and the linked ShareX reference. Compare screenshot and GIF-capture coverage, then update the Screenshot tool notes with a suitable recommendation, installation details, and known limitations; remove the TODO when the recommendation is documented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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