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Expand Up @@ -115,3 +115,11 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+x exec "\
i3-nagbar --message 'Screenshot created' --type warning & \
sleep 3; pkill i3-nagbar"
```
* Shortcut for I3 to take a cropped screenshot and save it with current date in ISO 8601 date followed by a custom filename.

```bash
bindsym $mod+Shift+s exec --no-startup-id \
"outfilePrefix=$(dmenu -p 'Enter output filename without prefix or spaces' < /dev/null) && \
maim -s --hidecursor ~/screenshots/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_)$outfilePrefix.png || \
i3-nagbar --type warning --message 'Error: Maim exited with non-zero exit code'"
```