File doesn't saving using -C modifer

[PoSayDone]

Kernel version: linux-5.10.14.arch1-1
Escrotum version: escrotum-git 0.2.1.r48.a41d0f1-1
Python version: python-3.9.1-2

Using this, file isn't saving and isn't going to clipboard
escrotum -s -C '~/Pictures/Screenshots/screenshot_%d.%m.%Y_%H:%M:%S.png'

That works okay
escrotum -s '~/Pictures/Screenshots/screenshot_%d.%m.%Y_%H:%M:%S.png'

[moritzschaefer]

Although I don't agree with this design decision, this seems to be intended and has been so for 7 years now (I referenced the commit/code line). Workaround should be:
escrotum -e 'xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $f'

[Roger]

I totally agree that the design decision was not the best, this should copy to clipboard and save to disk or at least throw an error because the combination of those flags is not supported. Sorry that I'm not giving support to escrotum, but I had not much time and I'm not even using it anymore, since I've moved to wayland.

I wouldn't mind to give maintenance to another developer that is interested and have free time to work on it, already have an issue about help wanted, but that ended up in mostly getting packagers for it, that is not a bad thing, but without having an active project addressing problems, the fate is like the old scrot.

Sorry for hijacking the conversation to talk about maintenance!

[moritzschaefer]

Don't worry for OT, I understand the struggle. Unfortunately I can't jump in neither.