wf-recorder VS ranger_devicons

Try wf-recorder.

The closest thing is probably wf-recorder.

The spec is designed to be minimal and it's expected for compositors to work together and add additional features, for example here is the tool for screen recording on wlroots compositors (sway and what most wayland WM's use) https://github.com/ammen99/wf-recorder, even though most people claim wayland doesn't support screen-recording/screenshotting. We just don't have a universal tool for that that works on all compositors, pipewire however seems to be coming to fill that niche.

If you are on Wayland, wf-recorder Is a good choice .

As for screen recording, I’ve used wf-recorder (IIRC, not at PC atm) several times the past couple of weeks, works equally well.

The issue I'm encountering is described here in more detail (including images).

Wfrecorder [0] is what I use, doesn't have a fancy gui but it just works

0: https://github.com/ammen99/wf-recorder

A workaround for sharing the whole screen is to use wf-recorder [1], which supports capturing the whole screen, and feeding its output to a virtual V4L2 device using v4l2loopback [2]. Software that is able to capture from a V4L2-compatible webcam (i.e. most) can them capture from the virtual device without knowing anything about Wayland. It's not exactly the most CPU-efficient way of doing things, but if you can afford the cycles it works very well!

[1] https://github.com/ammen99/wf-recorder

[2] https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback

You want to use wf-recorder. This is in my sway config:

> set $screenrecord wf-recorder -g "$(slurp)" -f ~/screenshots/mov-$(date +"%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S.mp4")

> bindsym Shift+Control+F6 exec $screenrecord

> bindsym Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace exec killall -s SIGINT wf-recorder

Hitting shift-control-f6 will spawn slurp which lets you click and drag to set the area you want to record. This will then launch wf-recorder and record the selected area, saving to ~/screenshots/mov-${date}. You can use ctrl-shift-backspace to kill the recorder and end recording.

https://github.com/ammen99/wf-recorder

https://github.com/emersion/slurp

Complete list: 1. Gnome Extensions: - Application Volume Mixer - Aylur's Widgets - Bluetooth Quick Connect - Clipboard Indicator - Disconnect Wifi - Logo Menu (the one on the top left) - Removable drive menu - Sound percentage - The settings for the extensions are too many to put on a single post :) 2. .bashrc, vimrc, neofetch and alacritty configs at mrs4ndman on GitHub) 3. Dock settings - No extension to the edges, no Launcher / Workspaces / Apps icon on it. - Show mounted volumes ON - 3rd option on the "Icon Click" Dock settings menu - Hide always, 42px custom size, on the right side and Start alignment 4. Browser: Firefox 5. Terminal: Alacritty with custom config 6. File manager: in between the default and ranger 7. Solaar for Logitech peripherals 8. Shortcuts 1. Super + T = alacritty 2. Super + R = alacritty -e ranger (terminal file manager) 3. Ctrl + Super + W = gnome-control-center bluetooth 4. Super + V = virt-manager 5. Super + N = Obsidian (note taking app) 6. Ctrl + Super + B = gnome-control-center wifi 7. Super + I = Settings 9. ![[Tiling config.png]] 10. My setup packages: 1. fzf (from git) 2. ranger & ranger dev-icons ( git clone https://github.com/alexanderjeurissen/ranger_devicons ~/.config/ranger/plugins/ranger_devicons) 3. vim & nvim 4. ripgrep 5. cava 6. powershell 7. tmux 8. thefuck 9. nyancat 10. bashtop 11. flameshot 12. starship prompt from github 13. vimplug 14. gnome-tweaks 15. keepassxc 16. ![[Screenshot from 2023-04-14 21-10-06.png]] 17. ![[Pasted image 20230414220225.png]]

I don't use Ranger, but I found this on the net: https://github.com/alexanderjeurissen/ranger_devicons. Hope it works out!

If you use ranger and like exa's icons, I suggest trying the ranger devicon plugin.

ranger with icons, syntax highlighting and previews (images, videos, pdf, etc)

It's probably a good idea to file an issue here.

icons

icons: ranger_devicons