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Add region recording, CLI options, global shortcuts, system notifications and a tray icon for recording

Noah Davis requested to merge work/ndavis/rectangle-recording into master

Things to test

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CLI background mode options: spectacle -b -R s, spectacle -b -R w, spectacle -b -R r
  • Does recording start successfully?
  • Do you get a tray icon while recording?
  • Does clicking the tray icon finish the recording?
  • Do you get an appropriate notification when recording ends?
  • Does the video end up where it should when recording finishes?
    • If KIO debug category logging is enabled, you should see something like kf.kio.workers.file: copy() QUrl("file:///tmp/Spectacle.qeAtVT/Screencast_20231103_040057.webm") to QUrl("file:///home/noah/Videos/Screencasts/Screencast_20231103_040057.webm") mode= -1 in the console output.
CLI output options: spectacle -b -R w -o ~/Videos/test/test.webm, spectacle -b -R r -o ~/Videos/test/test.MP4
  • Does the stuff from the previous section work?
  • Do you get a ~/Videos/test/test.webm file that actually has a WebM container with the VP9 codec?
  • Do you get a ~/Videos/test/test.MP4 file that actually has an MP4 container with the H.264 codec?
CLI GUI mode options: spectacle -R s, spectacle -R w, spectacle -R r
  • Does recording start successfully?
  • Do you get a tray icon while recording?
  • Do you get a minimized Spectacle window?
  • Does clicking the tray icon finish the recording?
  • Does clicking the "Finish recording" button finish the recording?
  • Do you get a video player with the finished recording when recording finishes?
  • Does the video end up where it should when recording finishes?
Global shortcuts: Meta+Alt+R (RecordScreen), Meta+Ctrl+R (RecordWindow), Meta+Shift+R/Meta+R (RecordRegion)
  • Does recording start successfully?
  • Do you get a tray icon while recording?
  • Does clicking the tray icon finish the recording?
  • Does activating the shortcut you started with finish the recording?
  • Do you get an appropriate notification when recording ends?
  • Does the video end up where it should when recording finishes?
General GUI stuff
  • Can you make a selection with the video region selection editor?
  • Does pressing Enter or double clicking on the region accept the selection?
  • Does pressing Enter with no selection select all screens?
  • Does pressing Escape exit Spectacle?
  • Can you initiate recording with the 3 recording mode buttons in the viewer UI?
  • Does clicking the "Finish recording" button finish the recording?
Edited by Noah Davis

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