Fluxbox: how to map a key for taking screenshot of selected area?

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I want to map the Ctrl+Alt+4 to take a screenshot of a selected area. Right now I can do that from a terminal using gnome-screenshot -a. I have tried putting:

Control Mod1 4 :ExecCommand gnome-screenshot -a`

in my ~/.fluxbox/keys but that does not work -- probably because of the space before -a.

Is there a way to map those key combination to take a screenshot of a selected area?

why would you "remove" it? :ExecCommand xyz is correct. it's either the keys in front of it or "gnome-screenshot" is not in the $PATH of fluxbox. — akira, Aug 07 '14 at 13:54
@akira I put it back. "gnome-screenshot" must be in the path, since I can execute it with `ALT-F2`. — user11498, Aug 08 '14 at 06:40
if you are able to launch it via alt-f2: then you have a double-entry for control-mod1-4. — akira, Aug 08 '14 at 06:41
@akira here is the grep on keys: ```grep "Mod1 4" .fluxbox/keys``` ```Control Mod1 4 :ExecCommand gnome-screenshot -a``` — user11498, Aug 12 '14 at 08:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 16 '16 at 18:29

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I believe that you are using an old syntax. It's Exec instead of ExecCommand

This worked for me:

Mod4 4 :Exec gnome-screenshot -a

answered Sep 16 '16 at 18:29

tauil

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Well, the question was asked 2 years ago. At that time it was `ExecCommand`. Still, yeah, toady's (2016) syntax is `Exec`. – grochmal Sep 16 '16 at 18:37

Fluxbox: how to map a key for taking screenshot of selected area?

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