Screenland

This is a program for creating and editing screenshots, as well as recording videos for Linux (Wayland) (support for Linux (X11), Windows, and Mac is planned for the future).

Installation

The program is written in Rust, and until version 1 is released, you will need to compile it yourself to install it.

Preparation

To compile the program, install the Rust compiler. This can be done with the following command:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

or you can learn how to do it on their website https://rust-lang.org/ru/tools/install/

Cloning, building, and installing

Execute:

cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://github.com/Andrewkoro105/screenland.git
cd screenland
cargo install --path .

Bind

The program will be installed in $HOME/.cargo/bin/, which should be taken into account when configuring keyboard shortcuts.

Features

Linux (Wayland)

To run the program, you need to add settings to your compositor's configuration file to open “screenland-{monitor_name}” windows on the corresponding monitors.

For supported compositors, this can be done with a single command

hyprland

screenland -s hyprland >> ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf

Settings

Config

The configuration file is written in YAML format and is located by default at ~/.config/screenland/config.yaml (it will not be there if the settings have not been changed).

The structure of config.yaml looks like this:

# path to config. Usually `~/.config/screenland/config.yaml`
config_path: <PATH>
# path to the folder where screenshots will be saved
path: <PATH>
# file name format. To add the date and time, use https://docs.rs/chrono/latest/chrono/format/strftime/index.html
format: <CHRONO_FORMAT>
# complete the screenshot immediately after selection
base_end: (null | Save | Copy)

A standard configuration file can be created using screenland -g.

CLI

❯ screenland --help
Screenland is a program for creating and editing screenshots

Usage: screenland [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -s, --support-config <SUPPORT_CONFIG>
          generate config for the supported system (hypr | hyprland)
  -g, --generate-config
          generate config
  -c, --config <CONFIG>
          path to config. Usually `~/.config/screenland/config.yaml`
  -f, --format <FORMAT>
          file name format. To add the date and time, use https://docs.rs/chrono/latest/chrono/format/strftime/index.html
  -p, --path <PATH>
          path to the folder where screenshots will be saved
  -e, --end <END>
          complete the screenshot immediately after selection (s | save | Save; c | copy | Copy)
  -h, --help
          Print help

Basic features:

• Screenshot of an area
• Recording of an area
• Magnifying glass
• Manual selection of an area with the ability to change it before clicking the save button
• Interface for all configurations
• Ability to get configurations simply by link

There are 3 modular systems:

1 Auto selection

Generated areas

• Rectangle search
• Plain text search
• Ability to expand via configuration files Script that returns an array of regions in cbor/yaml/json format to the output stream

You can either select one area or hold down Shift to combine the desired areas (of course, there is also the classic manual selection).

2 Image editing objects

You can add objects to the screenshot that will change it

• Line

• Straight line (with the ability to curve and change the tip and line type)

• Rectangle (with a choice of line and fill type)

• Circle (with a choice of line type and fill)

• Blur

• Text Only the settings that are in the library for this will be implemented. Settings:

  • Outline: Presence, size, color
  • Under/overlining
  • Font selection
  • Background
  • Line spacing
  • Alignment

• Counter

• Image

• More objects added via config All new objects have a name and an importance parameter (placing them either in the main menu or in the additional menu) Types:

• Picture/video

• Shader + shader settings interface configuration

Color and size selection are global settings!

3 What to do with the screenshot

• Save
• Copy
• Pin
• Auto-download with link retrieval, services are added via settings
• Saving and transferring control of a file to a script