On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 10:19:39 PM Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:17:38 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > > I don't use the meta packages, preferring to define my own set with
> > > the packages I want, so I wasn't aware of Spectacle. I've just tried
> > > it an is seems to do much the same as ksnapshot, just with a lot more
> > > white space in the UI
> > 
> > Don't forget:
> > - No auto-incrementing of screenshot-numbers
> > - Always defaults to PNG (Why!?!!?!)
> > - Always defaults to a the ~/Pictures folder
> > 
> >    (Folder can be adjusted in the settings, but why not the previous
> > 
> > one)
> > - When wanting to use "save as...", you first need to click the little
> > triangle
> 
> OK I accept when you start to actually use it rather than just giving it
> a try, it sucks!!

Yep.
Most common use-case for me (eg. once a month) is to take screenshots of the 
timesheet-application used at my customer to forward to my manager.
The "window" is a remote desktop of which I only need a certain section.

With KSnapshot the whole process takes less then 5 minutes.
With Spectacle it took me 30 minutes...

> > > - but WTF do they block one another, they're only screen shot
> > > programs?
> > 
> > I read somewhere there is a "wrapper" included to call Spectacle when
> > someone tries to start "ksnapshot"...
> 
> So it's a "compatibility layer" for people so stupid they shouldn't be
> running Gentoo in the first place...

Apparently.
But Alan McKinnon said the blockage is actually pointless as there is no 
conflict...

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Joost