Open Latest Screenshot

Opens the latest screenshot taken in your default image viewer.

Getting Started

Follow the install instructions, then see usage.

Requirements

All popular Linux distributions with Python 3.8 or later are currently supported.

If you're on Linux and you find open-latest-screenshot doesn't work on your distro, please open a new issue here.

Installation

pip install openlatestscreenshot

Usage

open-latest-screenshot

Keyboard Shortcut Setup

If you find yourself using open-latest-screenshot a lot, it's recommended to set a custom keyboard shortcut to launch the script. Many popular Linux desktop environments allow you to do this easily.

Gnome Keyboard Shortcut Setup

Open GNOME settings
Navigate to Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Customize Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts
Click the Add Shortcut button
Set the name, command and shortcut to the following:
- name: Open latest screenshot
- command: open-latest-screenshot
- shortcut: Whatever you like!
Done!

TIP: If the keyboard shortcut doesn't seem to be working, make sure to test that open-latest-screenshot is working as expected from your terminal, as GNOME won't let you know if an error has occured.

Development

Installation (for Developers)

cd "<repo_root_dir>"
poetry install

Usage (for Developers)

cd "<repo_root_dir>"
poetry run open-latest-screenshot

Generating Coverage Reports Locally

cd "<repo_root_dir>"
./development-scripts/generate-html-coverage-report.sh  # generate HTML coverage report
start "htmlcov/index.html"  # open coverage report in default browser

Important Note: Coverage results will only be updated each time the generate-html-coverage-report.sh script is run. If you've added/updated tests but your coverage hasn't changed, make sure that you haven't forgotten to rerun the script.

Build/Test

Builds and tests are automated by GitLab pipelines!

Just create a merge request and everything should happen automatically ⚙️ ✅

Metadata

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