From c001a1c26eb6e2f2aaeebf8c529c26963a4d219e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew <andreasohaodha@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 01:25:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [vimshot.sh]: Add vimshot.sh

---
 README.md  |  1 +
 vimshot.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 vimshot.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dddee4e..914bfd5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@
  - `stopwatch.sh`: simple stopwatch script that counts the elapsed time in seconds, and displays it in the format HH:MM:SS.
  - `sync_music.sh`: script to sync my Android phone's music library to the contents of my `~/media/music/` directory, i.e. copy my music library from my
  laptop to my phone.
+ - `vimshot.sh`: script to take a wait a few seconds before taking a screenshot to the filepath in the clipboard, for use as part of my LaTeX note-taking workflow in Vim: create the figure environment, copy the file name, invoke this script, and select the region in the source material to be screenshotted.
  - `webcam.sh`: one-line script that uses the video viewer program `mpv` as a webcam by using `/dev/video0` as its video file source.
  - `wifi_dmenu.sh`: script to connect to an available WiFi network with a dmenu prompt. 
diff --git a/vimshot.sh b/vimshot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2fb15b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vimshot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Script to take a wait a few seconds before taking a screenshot to the filepath in the clipboard.
+# For use as part of my LaTeX note-taking workflow in Vim: create the figure environment, copy the file name, invoke this script, and select the region in the source material to be screenshotted.
+
+basename=$(basename "$0")
+filepath=$(xclip -selection clipboard -out)
+
+# check if the filepath is absolute or relative, and if relative, make absolute
+if [ "${filepath#\/}" = "$filepath" ] || [ "${filepath#\~}" = "$filepath" ]; then
+    filepath="$(pwd)/$filepath"
+fi
+
+notify-send "$basename" "Taking screenshot to $filepath"
+
+sleep 5
+maim --select --hidecursor "$filepath"
+
+notify-send --icon "$filepath" "$basename" "Screenshot saved to: $filepath"