From da16f88ec397aa063c2d80d0aa3e945bafce4639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Your Name <you@example.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:33:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] updates to swappy in screenshots

---
 scripts/screenshot/screenshot_area.sh    | 6 ++++--
 scripts/screenshot/screenshot_monitor.sh | 6 ++++--
 scripts/screenshot/screenshot_window.sh  | 6 ++++--
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_area.sh b/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_area.sh
index 3dcac38..bc3a285 100755
--- a/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_area.sh
+++ b/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_area.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ if command -v notify-send >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     notify-send -a Screenshot -i camera-photo "Screenshot saved" "$file"
 fi
 
-# Open the editor if swappy is available (blocks until it is closed)
+# Open the editor if swappy is available (blocks until it is closed).
+# swappy never overwrites the opened file on Ctrl+s (it saves a new
+# timestamped copy to save_dir), so -o writes the final surface back here.
 if command -v swappy >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    swappy -f "$dir/$file"
+    swappy -f "$dir/$file" -o "$dir/$file"
     wl-copy -t image/png < "$dir/$file"
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_monitor.sh b/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_monitor.sh
index 273863b..990bffc 100755
--- a/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_monitor.sh
+++ b/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_monitor.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ if command -v notify-send >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     notify-send -a Screenshot -i camera-photo "Screenshot saved" "$file"
 fi
 
-# Open the editor if swappy is available (blocks until it is closed)
+# Open the editor if swappy is available (blocks until it is closed).
+# swappy never overwrites the opened file on Ctrl+s (it saves a new
+# timestamped copy to save_dir), so -o writes the final surface back here.
 if command -v swappy >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    swappy -f "$dir/$file"
+    swappy -f "$dir/$file" -o "$dir/$file"
     wl-copy -t image/png < "$dir/$file"
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_window.sh b/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_window.sh
index cb39ed5..10e5828 100755
--- a/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_window.sh
+++ b/scripts/screenshot/screenshot_window.sh
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ if command -v notify-send >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     notify-send -a Screenshot -i camera-photo "Screenshot saved" "$file"
 fi
 
-# Open the editor if swappy is available (blocks until it is closed)
+# Open the editor if swappy is available (blocks until it is closed).
+# swappy never overwrites the opened file on Ctrl+s (it saves a new
+# timestamped copy to save_dir), so -o writes the final surface back here.
 if command -v swappy >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    swappy -f "$dir/$file"
+    swappy -f "$dir/$file" -o "$dir/$file"
     wl-copy -t image/png < "$dir/$file"
 fi