Spawned xclip and scrot threads using async

README.md

@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 awesomewm-screenshot
-=======
+====================
 
 A screenshot widget for Awesome WM.
-It's compatible with Awesome 4
+It's compatible with Awesome 4 (4.3)
 
 Requirements
 ------------
 
 * scrot
 * xclip
 
-
 Get it
 ------
 
@@ -40,9 +39,13 @@ local screenshot = require("screenshot")
           {description = "Take a screenshot of delay", group = "screenshot"}),
 ```
 
-the default storage of the ~/Pictures/
+the default storage of the ~/Pictures/Screenshots/
+
+## This Fork
+
+I added the async functionality in the spawn commands since the orginal way wasn't working for me.
 
 License
-------
+-------
 
 this software is distributed in MIT License

screenshot.lua

@@ -1,41 +1,65 @@
 local awful = require("awful")
 local naughty = require("naughty")
 
-timers = { 5,10 }
-screenshot = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/Pictures/scrot/$(date +%F_%T).png"
+Timers = { 5, 10 }
+
+function getPath()
+    Date = os.date("%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S")                            --Change File Format Here
+    Screenshot = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/Pictures/Screenshots/" .. Date --Change Directory Here
+    return Screenshot
+end
 
 function scrot_full()
-    scrot("scrot " .. screenshot .. " -e 'xclip -selection c -t image/png < $f', scrot_callback", scrot_callback, "Take a screenshot of entire screen")
+    path=getPath()
+    awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("scrot " .. Screenshot,
+        function()
+            awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i " .. path,
+                scrot_callback("Take a screenshot entire screen"))
+        end)
 end
 
 function scrot_selection()
-    scrot("sleep 0.5 && scrot -s " .. screenshot .. " -e 'xclip -selection c -t image/png < $f'", scrot_callback, "Take a screenshot of selection")
+    path=getPath()
+    awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("scrot -s " .. path,
+        function()
+            awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i " .. path,
+                scrot_callback("Take a screenshot of selection"))
+        end)
 end
 
 function scrot_window()
-    scrot("scrot -u " .. screenshot .. " -e 'xclip -selection c -t image/png < $f'", scrot_callback, "Take a screenshot of focused window")    
+    path=getPath()
+    awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("scrot -u " .. path,
+        function()
+            awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i " .. path,
+                scrot_callback("Take a screenshot of focused window"))
+        end)
 end
 
 function scrot_delay()
-    items={}
-    for key, value in ipairs(timers)  do
-        items[#items+1]={tostring(value) , "scrot -d ".. value.." " .. screenshot .. " -e 'xclip -selection c -t image/png < $f'","Take a screenshot of delay" }
+    path=getPath()
+    items = {}
+    for key, value in ipairs(Timers) do
+        items[#items + 1] = { tostring(value),
+            "scrot -d " .. value .. " " .. path .. " -e 'xclip -selection c -t image/png < $f'",
+            "Take a screenshot of delay" }
     end
     awful.menu.new(
-    {
-        items = items
-    }
-    ):show({keygrabber= true})
+        {
+            items = items
+        }
+    ):show({ keygrabber = true })
     scrot_callback()
 end
 
-function scrot(cmd , callback, args)
+function scrot(cmd, callback, args)
     awful.util.spawn_with_shell(cmd)
     callback(args)
 end
+
 function scrot_callback(text)
     naughty.notify({
         text = text,
-        timeout = 0.5
+        timeout = 1
     })
-end
+end