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When I press Print Scrn in XFCE and choose to save it, the automatically generated and offered file name is like Screenshot - 141012 - 02:21:10.png (Screenshot - DDMMYY - HH:mm:SS.png).

I hate to use Windows-incompatible characters (like :) and sorting-unfriendly date formats in file names and moreover the name looks too long: scrnYYYYMMDDHHmmSS.png would be much better.

Is it possible to set-up?

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What about writing a function or script that invokes this utility, then looks for the file and changes the file name? Although it would require some work, if you rebind the key on top of that, you get exactly what you want. – Emanuel Berg Oct 14 '12 at 2:53
That would be an ugly "crutch", @emanuel-berg. I'd rather modify the source code itself and rebuild the application as warl0ck suggests. – Ivan Oct 14 '12 at 2:55
I wouldn't call it ugly, but sure, rebuilding is certainly an option, and I'm not telling you what to do :) But, when you're done, post your solution, could be interesting. – Emanuel Berg Oct 14 '12 at 2:58

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Nope, it's impossible.

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Manually modify the source code would work for you, but you could submit a bug report for it. (e.g make this configurable through xfce4-settings)

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