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This is just a quick personal cheat sheet: treat its contents with caution!

flameshot¶

flameshot is a simple screenshot software.

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# apk add flameshot

# apt install flameshot

# dnf install flameshot

# emerge -a media-gfx/flameshot

on NixOSon non-NixOS

# nix-env -iA nixos.flameshot

# nix-env -iA nixpkgs.flameshot

# pacman -S flameshot

# yum install flameshot

# xbps-install -S flameshot

# zypper install flameshot

Open the graphical configuration menu:

$ flameshot config -h
$ flameshot config

You can also edit some of the settings (like overriding the default colors) in the configuration file: ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME/.config}}/flameshot/flameshot.ini.

Print help:
```
$ flameshot -h
```
Capture with GUI:
```
$ flameshot gui
```
Capture with GUI with custom save path:
```
$ flameshot gui -p ~/myStuff/captures
```
Capture with GUI after 2 seconds delay (can be useful to take screenshots of mouse hover tooltips, etc.):
```
$ flameshot gui -d 2000
```
Fullscreen capture with custom save path (no GUI) and delayed:
```
$ flameshot full -p ~/myStuff/captures -d 5000
```
Fullscreen capture with custom save path copying to clipboard:
```
$ flameshot full -c -p ~/myStuff/captures
```
Capture the screen containing the mouse and print the image (bytes) in PNG format:
```
$ flameshot screen -r
```
Capture the screen number 1 and copy it to the clipboard:
```
$ flameshot screen -n 1 -c
```

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