gnome-screenshot needs a checkbox "always save screenshots in this directory"

I think it would make sense to have a "default directory" instead of a checkbox. Maybe a "save" button to save it to the default directory, and a "save as" to save it somewhere else.

The whole point is that for people who'd find this handy, you shouldn't pop up any dialog box at all. Windows and Macintosh do it this way, FWIW. Seems this way would be the best of both worlds.

Thanks for your report, a Save As makes more sense to me to have.

probably related: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454999

Pedro - yes, I find the dialog handy too, but it takes some adjusting to coming from a mac or windows environment. The idea being, if this checkbox is checked, in the future, gnome-screenshot will always save to that directory, and just increment the name of the file 2007-11-12-0001.jpg 2007-11-12-0002.jpg etc.

Another suggestion I've heard is to just copy the screenshot to the clipboard and not create a file anywhere, which I think would address the same need, but would be a little different.

ski - Doesn't windows do that? I always though it should already render and save somewhere instead of copying to clipboard, people can get clueless on what to do next sometimes.

Lucas - yes, that's what windows does, last I checked (windows 2000). Mac OS X, last I checked (a bit more recently) just creates a file on the desktop.

FWIW, I'd prefer the MAC-esque "always save in this folder without prompting" approach...

Cheers...

fixed upstream, thanks for reporting.

the new version containing the fix is already in jaunty, marking this as fixed, thanks for reporting!.