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I use my Print Screen key:

@johns I use the key all the time … but it's mapped to Compose

@adamhotep @johns I'm on an old thinkpad, so I often press it accidentally. Does that count as usage?

I should remap it I guess, to the menu key or something. Is this the way: wiki.archlinux.org/title/Map_s ?

@stdh @johns that looks valid, but there are lots of ways. I'm using XFCE and its settings have a direct option to make it Compose. (On my old Thinkpad, that key is Menu … and I remapped that to Compose too.)

@adamhotep @johns KDE here, but those remappings to compose are somewhere in the underlying X/Wayland, right? I had a look at those, I can select menu -> win and win -> prtscr, but not at the same time. :blobthinkingeyes: (Last one is actually "win mapped to prtscr and the usual win".)

Thanks for the hint anyway.

@johns I've never understood what print screen does on Linux-based systems?

Does it just call `gnome-screenshot -i` for me?

@bkuhn I'm not sure. I'm thinking about pressing it.

@bkuhn @johns Or similar for KDE. Yes. Pretty useful, I use it often.

@zacchiro What I learned is that 94% of people use the key more than I do. So, scientifically, I have to accept its continued intrusive presence on my laptop keyboards.

@johns @zacchiro Wait…that key is actually supposed to _do_ something? Legit question, since I've not seen it in years but when I had it never did anything when I pressed it.

@johns I use it for two things: as part for SysRQ and to make screenshots / shots of parts of the screen in Gnome

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