[arch-general] Alternative to Shutter application

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 7 July 2012 20:26, D. Can Celasun <dcelasun at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know a screenshot taking and snipping application,
>> similar to the Shutter (http://shutter-project.org/), but 'more suckless'.
>> It is a tool that
>> - takes a screenshot
>> - allows to select area and crop
>> - is implemented in C
>> - without enormous list of dependencies
>> - is simpler, without too many edit or sharing features.
>>
>> IOW, something similar to the Snipping Tool known from Windows Vitsa/7+.
>>
>> Do you know anything like that?
>
>
> I would strongly recommend "Deepin Scrot". You can find a review of it
> here [1]. It's also available on the AUR [2].
>
> [1] http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/use-linux-deepin-screenshot-tool-deepin.html
> [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55299

Despite I like Python and I do a lot of Python programming,
Python-based software do not fit the concept of lightweight,
lean and 'suckless' tools I like to use on my Linux :-)

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net