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I have already installed scrot following the instructions here. The Windows Manager appears to be Openbox.

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Edit ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml with your favorite text editor and then, within the existing <keyboard> element, add the following lines:

<keybind key="Print">
  <action name="Execute">
    <command>scrot</command>
  </action>
</keybind>

Use the openbox --reconfigure command to use the new settings.

Following the restart, a screenshot will be created in your /home/pi directory every time you press the Print Screen button.

There's also a GUI tool called obkey which can make editing the Openbox config file easier. You can find it here.

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I found the lxde-rc.xml file in the following location: "/home/pi/.config/openbox/". The lxde-rc.xml file has a comment at the beginning "Do not edit this file, it will be overwritten on install. Copy the file to $HOME/.config/openbox/ instead". If I edit /home/pi/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml am I doing it in the right place? – Andrew Fogg Jun 17 '12 at 11:08
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@AndrewFogg That's the right place :) – Jivings Jun 17 '12 at 12:10
@AndrewFogg: Restarting the Pi is overkill. Restarting the window manager would be sufficient. – finnw Jun 17 '12 at 12:24
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@finnw In fact all you need to do is type openbox --reconfigure – Jivings Jun 17 '12 at 13:52

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