dotfiles/modules/capture.org

#+TITLE: Capture
#+AUTHOR: Christopher James Hayward
#+EMAIL: chris@chrishayward.xyz

#+PROPERTY: header-args:emacs-lisp :tangle capture.el :comments org
#+PROPERTY: header-args            :results silent :eval no-export

#+OPTIONS: num:nil toc:nil todo:nil tasks:nil tags:nil
#+OPTIONS: skip:nil author:nil email:nil creator:nil timestamp:nil

Capturing images, screencasts, screenshots or live-streaming. It's defined in this file.

* Screenshots

Download *screenshot.el*[fn:1] for taking screenshots of highlighted regions or entire buffers.

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(straight-use-package 
  '(screenshot 
    :type git 
    :host github 
    :repo "tecosaur/screenshot"))
#+end_src

* Screencasts

Create screencasts with =one-frame-per-action= GIF recording via *Emacs gif screencast*[fn:2].

+ Pause / Resume
+ High Quality
+ Optimized

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package gif-screencast
  :commands (gif-screencast-start-or-stop gif-screencast-toggle-pause)
  :custom (gif-screencast-output-directory (concat dotfiles/home "docs/images/")))
#+end_src

* Keybindings

+ Place keybindings for capturing the screen behind =SPC s=.
  * Screenshot with =s=
  * Screencast with =c=

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(dotfiles/leader
  "s" '(:ignore t :which-key "Screen")
  "ss" '(screenshot :which-key "Screenshot")
  "sc" '(gif-screencast-start-or-stop :which-key "Screencast"))
#+end_src

* Footnotes

[fn:1] https://github.com/tecosaur/screenshot

[fn:2] https://github.com/takaxp/emacs-gif-screencast