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Grimblast: When saving screenshot, create parent dir if it doesn't exist instead of failing #203

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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# Changelog

### 2026-10-05

grimblast: create parent dirs when saving to file instead of failing when they don't exist.

### 2026-08-21

grimblast: update layerrule to lua syntax
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Expand Up @@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ grimblast::check() {
# The actual grim command used is printed to stderr
screenshot() {
local file="$1" output="$2"
if [[ -n "$file" ]]; then
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$file")"
fi
xargs --verbose grim <<<"${CURSOR:+-c} ${SCALE:+-s \"$SCALE\"} -t \"$FILETYPE\" ${output:+-o \"$output\"} ${GEOM:+-g \"$GEOM\"} ${WINDOW:+-T \"$WINDOW\"} \"$file\""
}

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screenshot - "$OUTPUT" | tee >(wl-copy --type "$(get-mime-type)") || die "Clipboard error"
notify::ok "$WHAT copied to buffer and piped to stdout"
else
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$file")"
screenshot - "$OUTPUT" | tee "$file" | wl-copy --type "$(get-mime-type)" || die "Clipboard error"
title="Screenshot of $WHAT"
message="$WHAT copied to buffer and saved to $file"
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