MintShot

Smart screenshot tool for Linux Mint Cinnamon.

Press Print Screen, then click a window or drag to select an area. That's it.

Features

• Smart selection — single click captures a window, drag captures a rectangle
• Area-only mode — Shift+Print Screen for drag-only selection
• Floating thumbnail — preview appears for 20 seconds in the bottom-right corner
• Auto-hides thumbnail — hides the previous preview during capture so it doesn't appear in screenshots
• Autostart — keybindings are restored automatically on login
• One-click install — single script sets up everything

Install

git clone https://github.com/onerkiz/mintshot.git
cd mintshot
bash install.sh

Usage

Shortcut	Action
Print Screen	Smart select: click a window or drag an area
Shift + Print Screen	Area-only: drag to select

Screenshots are saved to ~/Pictures/.

Requirements

• Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop
• Python 3.10+
• System packages (installed automatically): maim, slop, xdotool, wmctrl, xwininfo, xclip
• Python packages: PyQt6, Pillow, mss

How It Works

Print Screen pressed
       |
  Smart Select UI (PyQt6 overlay)
       |
  +----+----+
  |         |
Click    Drag
  |         |
Window   Area
capture  capture
  |         |
  +----+----+
       |
  Save to ~/Pictures/
       |
  Show floating thumbnail (20s)

License

MIT

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MintShot (TR)

Linux Mint Cinnamon icin akilli ekran goruntusu araci.

Print Screen'e bas, pencereye tikla veya alan surukle. Bu kadar.

Ozellikler

• Akilli secim — tek tik pencereyi, surukle alani yakalar
• Alan modu — Shift+Print ile sadece surukleyerek sec
• Thumbnail onizleme — sag altta 20 saniye gorunur
• Otomatik gizleme — cekim sirasinda eski thumbnail gizlenir
• Otomatik baslatma — oturum acilisinda kisayollar geri yuklenir
• Tek tikla kurulum — tek script her seyi kurar

Kurulum

git clone https://github.com/onerkiz/mintshot.git
cd mintshot
bash install.sh

Kullanim

Kisayol	Islem
Print Screen	Akilli secim: pencereye tikla veya alan surukle
Shift + Print Screen	Sadece alan secimi

Ekran goruntuleri ~/Pictures/ klasorune kaydedilir.