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grimblast: add environment var 'GRIMBLAST_HIDE_CURSOR' to avoid high CPU loads on some machines #136

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

### 2025-03-03

grimblast: add environment var `GRIMBLAST_HIDE_CURSOR` to avoid high CPU loads on some machines

### 2025-03-01

grimblast: hide the grim cursor before taking a screenshot
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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions grimblast/grimblast
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Expand Up @@ -209,11 +209,15 @@ takeScreenshot() {
GEOM=$2
OUTPUT=$3
if [ -n "$OUTPUT" ]; then
moveCursorPosition && grim ${CURSOR:+-c} ${SCALE:+-s "$SCALE"} -o "$OUTPUT" "$FILE" && restoreCursorPosition || die "Unable to invoke grim"
grim ${CURSOR:+-c} ${SCALE:+-s "$SCALE"} -o "$OUTPUT" "$FILE" || die "Unable to invoke grim"
elif [ -z "$GEOM" ]; then
grim ${CURSOR:+-c} ${SCALE:+-s "$SCALE"} "$FILE" || die "Unable to invoke grim"
else
moveCursorPosition && grim ${CURSOR:+-c} ${SCALE:+-s "$SCALE"} -g "$GEOM" "$FILE" && restoreCursorPosition || die "Unable to invoke grim"
if [ "$SUBJECT" != "area" ] || [ "$GRIMBLAST_HIDE_CURSOR" = 0 ]; then
grim ${CURSOR:+-c} ${SCALE:+-s "$SCALE"} -g "$GEOM" "$FILE" || die "Unable to invoke grim"
else
moveCursorPosition && grim ${CURSOR:+-c} ${SCALE:+-s "$SCALE"} -g "$GEOM" "$FILE" && restoreCursorPosition || die "Unable to invoke grim"
fi
fi
}

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions grimblast/grimblast.1.scd
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Expand Up @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ _area_
and captures that.
Slurp can be customized by setting its arguments in the *SLURP_ARGS*
environment variable.
If you experience high cpu loads when taking a screenshot with this target,
you can set the *GRIMBLAST_HIDE_CURSOR* environment variable to **0**.

_output_
Captures the currently active output.
Expand All @@ -102,6 +104,9 @@ An example usage pattern is to add these bindings to your hyprland config:
# Optionally, customize slurp's appearance
env = SLURP_ARGS, -d -b -B F050F022 -b 10101022 -c ff00ff
# Can fix high cpu loads on some machines
env = GRIMBLAST_HIDE_CURSOR, 0
bind = SUPER, p, exec, grimblast save active
bind = SUPER SHIFT, p, exec, grimblast save area
bind = SUPER ALT, p, exec, grimblast save output
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