Hello,

On Gnome

• Wayland session, the appimage simply invokes the xdg-desktop-portal-gnome screenshot tool and grabs the entire screen, then it closes, leaving just the Screeshot dialog to save the image file ...
• X11 session, with the Pop_Shell extension enabled, the appinage only shows the grab screen on the secondary monitor, with no options to change language, no settings gear visible. So, disabling Pop_Shell brings back the functionality. As side note, there is a peculiar way to add normcap to the exception list, but it will actually show as __main__.pi ... Regardless, it will display whatever screengrab was taken first, like a screenshot preview.

On KDE Plasma Tested only X11 session as the wayland is failing on me sometimes. Is bringing in front the first window opened in that session prior to open normcap appimage, and even if that window is closed after, it will show a capture of it and will be the only one available to grab content from. A slightly different behavior than on Gnome, but the outcome is the same, it can't be used twice in the same session.

Update cough when opened from terminal and taking a text grab: 22:18:56 - CRITICAL - normcap.gui.utils:111 - Uncaught exception! Quitting NormCap!

System:

{  'cli_args': '/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/app/normcap/__main__.py',
   'config_directory': PosixPath('/home/REDACTED/.config/normcap'),
   'desktop_environment': <DesktopEnvironment.KDE: 2>,
   'display_manager_is_wayland': False,
   'envs': {  'TESSDATA_PREFIX': None,
              'TESSERACT_CMD': '/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/bin/tesseract',
              'TESSERACT_VERSION': None},
   'gnome_shell_version': None,
   'is_briefcase_package': True,
   'normcap_version': '0.3.0-beta',
   'platform': 'linux',
   'pyside6_version': '6.2.3',
   'qt_library_path': '/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/app_packages/PySide6/Qt/plugins, '
                      '/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/bin',
   'qt_version': '6.2.3',
   'screens': {  0: Screen(is_primary=True, device_pixel_ratio=1.0, geometry=Rect(left=0, top=0, right=1920, bottom=1080), index=0, screenshot=None),
                 1: Screen(is_primary=False, device_pixel_ratio=1.0, geometry=Rect(left=1920, top=0, right=3840, bottom=1080), index=1, screenshot=None)},
   'tessdata_path': '/home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata'}

Variables:

   '_capture_to_ocr': {'self': 'REDACTED'},
   'image_to_data': {  'args': [...],
                       'config': '-c tessedit_create_tsv=1 --tessdata-dir '
                                 '"/home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata"',
                       'image': '/tmp/tmpc38mwy_w.png',
                       'lang': 'e+n+g',
                       'nice': 0,
                       'output_type': 'dict',
                       'pandas_config': None,
                       'timeout': 30},
   'recognize': {  'fp': <tempfile._TemporaryFileWrapper object at 0x7fe25e8ddc40>,
                   'image': <PIL.Image.Image image mode=RGB size=1529x960 at 0x7FE25ECA2E50>,
                   'languages': [...],
                   'padding_size': 80,
                   'parse': True,
                   'resize_factor': 3.2,
                   'tess_args': TessArgs(path='/home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata', lang='e+n+g', oem=<OEM.TESSERACT_LSTM_COMBINED: 3>, psm=<PSM.AUTO_OSD: 2>, version=<LegacyVersion('5.0.1-9-g31a968')>),
                   'tessdata_path': '/home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata'},
   'run_and_get_output': {  'config': '-c tessedit_create_tsv=1 --tessdata-dir '
                                      '"/home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata"',
                            'extension': 'tsv',
                            'image': '/tmp/tmpc38mwy_w.png',
                            'input_filename': '/tmp/tmpc38mwy_w.png',
                            'kwargs': {...},
                            'lang': 'e+n+g',
                            'nice': 0,
                            'return_bytes': False,
                            'temp_name': '/tmp/tess_zz1i435s',
                            'timeout': 30},
   'run_tesseract': {  'cmd_args': [...],
                       'config': '-c tessedit_create_tsv=1 --tessdata-dir '
                                 '"/home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata"',
                       'error_string': b'Error opening data file /home/bogdan'
                                       b'/.config/normcap/tessdata/e.trainedd'
                                       b'ata\nPlease make sure the TESSDATA_PR'
                                       b'EFIX environment variable is set to '
                                       b'your "tessdata" directory.\nFailed lo'
                                       b"ading language 'e'\nError opening dat"
                                       b'a file /home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/'
                                       b'tessdata/n.traineddata\nPlease make s'
                                       b'ure the TESSDATA_PREFIX environment '
                                       b'variable is set to your "tessdata" d'
                                       b"irectory.\nFailed loading language 'n"
                                       b"'\nError opening data file /home/bogd"
                                       b'an/.config/normcap/tessdata/g.traine'
                                       b'ddata\nPlease make sure the TESSDATA_'
                                       b'PREFIX environment variable is set t'
                                       b'o your "tessdata" directory.\nFailed '
                                       b"loading language 'g'\nTesseract could"
                                       b"n't load any languages!\nCould not in"
                                       b'itialize tesseract.\n',
                       'extension': 'tsv',
                       'input_filename': '/tmp/tmpc38mwy_w.png',
                       'lang': 'e+n+g',
                       'nice': 0,
                       'output_filename_base': '/tmp/tess_zz1i435s',
                       'proc': <Popen: returncode: 1 args: ['/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/bin/tesseract', '...>,
                       'timeout': 30}}

Exception:

  pytesseract.pytesseract.TesseractError: (1, 'Error opening data file /home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata/e.traineddata Please make sure the TESSDATA_PREFIX environment variable is set to your "tessdata" directory. Failed loading language \'e\' Error opening data file /home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata/n.traineddata Please make sure the TESSDATA_PREFIX environment variable is set to your "tessdata" directory. Failed loading language \'n\' Error opening data file /home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata/g.traineddata Please make sure the TESSDATA_PREFIX environment variable is set to your "tessdata" directory. Failed loading language \'g\' Tesseract couldn\'t load any languages! Could not initialize tesseract.')

Traceback:

  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/app/normcap/gui/main_window.py", line 320, in _capture_to_ocr
    ocr_result = ocr.recognize(
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/app/normcap/ocr/recognize.py", line 46, in recognize
    tsv_data = pytesseract.image_to_data(
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/app_packages/pytesseract/pytesseract.py", line 517, in image_to_data
    return {
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/app_packages/pytesseract/pytesseract.py", line 523, in <lambda>
    Output.DICT: lambda: file_to_dict(run_and_get_output(*args), '\t', -1),
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/app_packages/pytesseract/pytesseract.py", line 284, in run_and_get_output
    run_tesseract(**kwargs)
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCal5T7Nh/usr/app_packages/pytesseract/pytesseract.py", line 260, in run_tesseract
    raise TesseractError(proc.returncode, get_errors(error_string))

Log:

19:12:31 - INFO - normcap.normcap - Starting NormCap v0.1.13 ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/nep/.local/bin/normcap", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(run())
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/normcap/__main__.py", line 5, in run
    _ = main()
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/normcap/normcap.py", line 171, in main
    normcap_data = client_code(capture, normcap_data)
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/normcap/normcap.py", line 122, in client_code
    result = handler.handle(normcap_data)
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/normcap/handlers/capture_handler.py", line 44, in handle
    request = self._take_screenshot_alternative(request)
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/normcap/handlers/capture_handler.py", line 101, in _take_screenshot_alternative
    img_complete = ImageGrab.grab(backend="gnome-screenshot")
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyscreenshot/__init__.py", line 30, in grab
    return backend_grab(backend, bbox, childprocess)
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyscreenshot/loader.py", line 156, in backend_grab
    return force(backend, bbox, childprocess)
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyscreenshot/loader.py", line 150, in force
    im = obj.grab(bbox)
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyscreenshot/plugins/gnome_screenshot.py", line 27, in grab
    im = read_prog_img([PROGRAM, "-f"])
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyscreenshot/tempexport.py", line 27, in read_prog_img
    im = read_func_img(run_prog)
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyscreenshot/tempexport.py", line 15, in read_func_img
    func(filename, bbox)
  File "/home/nep/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyscreenshot/tempexport.py", line 25, in run_prog
    raise RunProgError(p.stderr)
pyscreenshot.tempexport.RunProgError: ** Message: 19:12:31.876: Unable to use GNOME Shell's builtin screenshot interface, resorting to fallback X11.

(gnome-screenshot:15494): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 19:12:31.876: gdk_pixbuf_get_from_surface: assertion 'width > 0 && height > 0' failed

(gnome-screenshot:15494): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 19:12:31.876: gdk_pixbuf_get_width: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed

(gnome-screenshot:15494): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 19:12:31.876: gdk_pixbuf_get_height: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
*** BUG ***
In pixman_region32_init_rect: Invalid rectangle passed
Set a breakpoint on '_pixman_log_error' to debug


(gnome-screenshot:15494): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 19:12:31.876: gdk_pixbuf_get_width: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed

(gnome-screenshot:15494): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 19:12:31.876: gdk_pixbuf_get_height: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed

(gnome-screenshot:15494): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 19:12:31.906: gtk_window_resize: assertion 'width > 0' failed

** (gnome-screenshot:15494): CRITICAL **: 19:12:31.906: Unable to capture a screenshot of any window

I've published a 0.2.0-b1 beta-release, with major changes.

It would be really great if you could help testing it and provide feedback (positive or negative) here in this ticket

Changes

• (Almost) total rewrite of NormCap!
• Switch from Tk to Qt as UI Framework
• Easy to use binary package releases (no hassle with dependencies anymore!)
• Better support for HiDPI
• Better support multi monitor setups (MacOS)
• Better support for Wayland (Linux)
• Experimental system tray support (start with --tray )

How to test

Either download the binary/installer or build from source off the branch feature/switch-to-qt5.

The updated README provides additional information.

It said so so I did. Mac OS Sierra (10.12) installed with pip (Python3.9) launched from Terminal normcap useful Application Window never appeared.

If you need anymore information ask for it I am happy to help.

Here is the error message. I am running Ubuntu Unity 22.10.

$ flatpak run com.github.dynobo.normcap 
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
Gtk-Message: 18:33:58.284: Failed to load module "xapp-gtk3-module"
Gtk-Message: 18:33:58.284: Failed to load module "unity-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 18:33:58.345: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 18:33:58.345: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
18:33:58 - CRITICAL - normcap.gui.utils:160 - Uncaught exception! Quitting NormCap!
18:33:58 - WARNING - normcap.screengrab.utils:92 - Exception when trying to get gnome version from xml 

System:

{  'cli_args': '/app/bin/normcap',
   'config_directory': PosixPath('/home/REDACTED/.var/app/com.github.dynobo.normcap/config/normcap'),
   'desktop_environment': <DesktopEnvironment.GNOME: 1>,
   'display_manager_is_wayland': False,
   'envs': {  'LD_LIBRARY_PATH': '',
              'TESSDATA_PREFIX': '/app/share',
              'TESSERACT_CMD': None,
              'TESSERACT_VERSION': None},
   'gnome_version': None,
   'is_flatpak_package': True,
   'is_prebuild_package': None,
   'normcap_version': '0.3.12',
   'platform': 'linux',
   'pyside6_version': '6.4.0',
   'qt_library_path': '/usr/share/runtime/lib/plugins, '
                      '/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/PySide6/Qt/plugins',
   'qt_version': '6.4.0',
   'screens': {},
   'tessdata_path': '/home/REDACTED/.var/app/com.github.dynobo.normcap/config/normcap/tessdata'}

Variables:

                  '__builtins__': <module 'builtins' (built-in)>,
                  '__cached__': None,
                  '__doc__': None,
                  '__file__': '/app/bin/normcap',
                  '__loader__': <_frozen_importlib_external.SourceFileLoader object at 0x7facee1eaf70>,
                  '__name__': '__main__',
                  '__package__': None,
                  '__spec__': None,
                  'main': <function main at 0x7facee13b3a0>,
                  're': <module 're' from '/usr/lib/python3.9/re.py'>,
                  'sys': <module 'sys' (built-in)>},
   'main': {  'args': Namespace(color=None, language=None, mode=None, notification=None, tray=None, update=None, reset=False, verbosity='warning'),
              'logger': <Logger normcap (WARNING)>},
   'qt_log_wrapper': {  '_': <PySide6.QtCore.QMessageLogContext object at 0x7face71867c0>,
                        'message': 'QApplication: invalid style override '
                                   "'kvantum' passed, ignoring it.\n"
                                   '\tAvailable styles: Windows, Fusion',
                        'mode': <QtMsgType.QtWarningMsg: 1>}}

Exception:

  AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'

Traceback:

  File "/app/bin/normcap", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/normcap/app.py", line 54, in main
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/normcap/gui/utils.py", line 53, in qt_log_wrapper
    level = mode.name.decode("utf8").lower()

18:33:58 - CRITICAL - normcap.gui.utils:227 - Please open an issue with the output above on https://github.com/dynobo/normcap/issues

I just updated to the latest version normcap-0.3.4 after a Windows 10 reinstall. In this version, the screen capture function is heavily delayed for me (a few seconds) and no Windows notification appears anymore after successful text recognition.

A downgrade to 0.3.0 fixed the problem. But I had to remove some registry keys manually to reinstall an older version.

Thanks a lot for your work. I enjoy normcap.

Would it maybe be possible to add a flatpak based distribution?

I asking because i can see myself and others running this software on a day to day basis and I came to like flatpak packages since i find the concepts it imploys
(sandbox, dbus(gates), shared repos (ostree), xdg desktop integration, configurable repository, ... ) rather compeling and in comparison to other alternatives complete (mature).

Since there is already an appimage, i guess flatpak might already be known, but just in case here are addional links:

• General: https://flatpak.org/
• Getting Started Guide: https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/first-build.html

Thanks for reading and maybe considering it.

Hi, I am having this same problem with version 0.3.9 and 0.3.10, but it works fine with version 0.3.8

I am using Endeavor OS with everything updated.

It is happening in my 2 systems with the exact same result, I select the area then the KDE panel freeze for this 30 secs, until it timeout, and the text is not copied to my clipboard.

System:

{  'cli_args': '/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/app/normcap/__main__.py',
   'config_directory': PosixPath('/home/REDACTED/.config/normcap'),
   'desktop_environment': <DesktopEnvironment.KDE: 2>,
   'display_manager_is_wayland': False,
   'envs': {  'LD_LIBRARY_PATH': None,
              'TESSDATA_PREFIX': None,
              'TESSERACT_CMD': '/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/bin/tesseract',
              'TESSERACT_VERSION': None},
   'gnome_version': None,
   'is_flatpak_package': False,
   'is_prebuild_package': 'briefcase',
   'normcap_version': '0.3.10',
   'platform': 'linux',
   'pyside6_version': '6.2.4',
   'qt_library_path': '/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/app_packages/PySide6/Qt/plugins, '
                      '/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/bin',
   'qt_version': '6.2.4',
   'screens': {  0: Screen(is_primary=True,
                           device_pixel_ratio=1.0,
                           geometry=Rect(left=0,
                                         top=0,
                                         right=1920,
                                         bottom=1080),
                           index=0,
                           screenshot=None)},
   'tessdata_path': '/home/REDACTED/.config/normcap/tessdata'}

Variables:

                      'input': None,
                      'orig_timeout': 30,
                      'selector': <selectors.PollSelector object at 0x7f9e20972830>,
                      'self': 'REDACTED',
                      'stderr': None,
                      'stdout': None},
   '_wait': {  'delay': 0.02221966999786673,
               'endtime': 19036.506140264,
               'pid': 0,
               'remaining': -0.00020479600061662495,
               'self': 'REDACTED',
               'sts': 0,
               'timeout': 29.99998025199966},
   'communicate': {  'endtime': 19036.506138091,
                     'input': None,
                     'self': 'REDACTED',
                     'timeout': 30},
   'run': {  'capture_output': False,
             'check': True,
             'input': None,
             'kwargs': {...},
             'popenargs': (...,),
             'process': <Popen: returncode: -9 args: ['notify-send', '--icon=/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77e...>,
             'timeout': 30},
   'send_notification': {  'capture': Capture(mode=<CaptureMode.PARSE: 1>,
                                              image=<PySide6.QtGui.QImage(QSize(267, 44),format=QImage::Format_RGB32,depth=32,devicePixelRatio=1,bytesPerLine=1068,sizeInBytes=46992) at 0x7f9e2094e480>,
                                              screen=Screen(is_primary=True,
                                                            device_pixel_ratio=1.0,
                                                            geometry=Rect(left=0,
                                                                          top=0,
                                                                          right=1920,
                                                                          bottom=1080),
                                                            index=0,
                                                            screenshot=<PySide6.QtGui.QImage(QSize(1920, 1080),format=QImage::Format_RGB32,depth=32,devicePixelRatio=1,bytesPerLine=7680,sizeInBytes=8294400) at 0x7f9e2094ca80>),
                                              scale_factor=1,
                                              rect=Rect(left=819,
                                                        top=140,
                                                        right=1086,
                                                        bottom=184),
                                              ocr_text='REDACTED',
                                              ocr_applied_magic='SingleLineMagic'),
                           'message': './NormCap-0.3.10-x86_64.appimage',
                           'self': 'REDACTED',
                           'title': '1 word captured'},
   'send_via_libnotify': {  'icon_path': PosixPath('/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/app/normcap/resources/tray.png'),
                            'message': './NormCap-0.3.10-x86_64.appimage',
                            'self': 'REDACTED',
                            'title': '1 word captured'},
   'wait': {  'endtime': 19036.506139008,
              'self': 'REDACTED',
              'timeout': 29.99998025199966}}

Exception:

  subprocess.TimeoutExpired: Command '['notify-send', '--icon=/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/app/normcap/resources/tray.png', '--app-name=NormCap', '1 word captured', './NormCap-0.3.10-x86_64.appimage']' timed out after 29.99998025199966 seconds

Traceback:

  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/app/normcap/gui/notifier.py", line 34, in send_notification
    self.send_via_libnotify(title, message)
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/app/normcap/gui/notifier.py", line 46, in send_via_libnotify
    subprocess.run(
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 503, in run
    stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input, timeout=timeout)
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 1152, in communicate
    stdout, stderr = self._communicate(input, endtime, timeout)
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 2029, in _communicate
    self.wait(timeout=self._remaining_time(endtime))
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 1207, in wait
    return self._wait(timeout=timeout)
  File "/tmp/.mount_NormCaVd77ep/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 1933, in _wait
    raise TimeoutExpired(self.args, timeout)

I'm sorry that I keep discovering issues, but I thought I should let you know that the latest version ( 0.3.7 ) doesn't copy text to the clipboard, atleast on Fedora KDE Wayland. The AppImage of 0.3.5 works. In the CLI output it recognizes the text fine.

Another thing is the AppImage has notifications and tray support, but the flatpak doesn't. Also, the flatpak sometimes doesn't copy to clipboard, even on older versions. The AppImage of 0.3.5 is the most reliable (for me).

Before my i would like to thank you for application, it is just what i wanted. I am not a programmer of anykind i just wanted app like this for everyday use so here is my problem. I turned of the windows notifications form notifications area but it was a bad decision and i wanted to turn it back on but i can't find any option to turn the apps notifications on. I guess because app is working from a file and not installed the pc windows does not sees the app and i can't be found in the notifications settings. Because of that maybe there can be a another download option like a setup to improve notification settings etc. Or do you know i way i can handle this issue ?

I run archlinux kde and upon launching normcap I only see this: It seems to be inline with issue 126 over on giters, although it wasn't fixed for me by enabling the compositor (it was never off), and I know that I can have transparent windows, asl GLava works fine. Here's my logs:

normcap -V

15:20:08 - INFO    - normcap.app            - L:41  - Start NormCap v0.2.8
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.app            - L:42  - CLI command: /usr/bin/normcap -V
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.app            - L:43  - QT LibraryPaths: ['/usr/lib/qt/plugins']
QSslSocket:  OpenSSL 1.1.1l  24 Aug 2021 True
15:20:08 - INFO    - normcap.utils          - L:150 - Copy 0 traineddata files to config directory
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.app            - L:65  - System info:
{  'config_directory': PosixPath('/home/felix/.config/normcap'),
   'desktop_environment': <DesktopEnvironment.KDE: 2>,
   'display_manager': <DisplayManager.X11: 2>,
   'is_briefcase_package': False,
   'normcap_version': '0.2.8',
   'platform': 'linux',
   'pyside2_version': '5.15.2',
   'qt_version': '5.15.2',
   'screens': {  0: ScreenInfo(is_primary=True, device_pixel_ratio=1.0, geometry=Rect(left=1920, top=0, right=3840, bottom=1080), index=0),
                 1: ScreenInfo(is_primary=False, device_pixel_ratio=1.0, geometry=Rect(left=0, top=0, right=1920, bottom=1080), index=1),
                 2: ScreenInfo(is_primary=False, device_pixel_ratio=1.0, geometry=Rect(left=3840, top=0, right=4890, bottom=1680), index=2)},
   'tessdata_path': '/usr/share/tessdata/',
   'tesseract_languages': ['eng', 'osd'],
   'tesseract_version': '4.1.1'}
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.base_window    - L:49  - Create window for screen 0
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.base_window    - L:248 - Set window for screen 0 to fullscreen
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.system_tray    - L:21  - Set up tray icon
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.base_window    - L:49  - Create window for screen 1
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.base_window    - L:248 - Set window for screen 1 to fullscreen
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.base_window    - L:49  - Create window for screen 2
15:20:08 - DEBUG   - normcap.base_window    - L:248 - Set window for screen 2 to fullscreen
15:20:09 - DEBUG   - normcap.main_window    - L:179 - Hide 3 window(s)
15:20:10 - INFO    - normcap.main_window    - L:272 - Take screenshot of position (2174, 171, 3197, 885)
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.screengrab     - L:32  - Grab screen: ScreenInfo(is_primary=True, device_pixel_ratio=1.0, geometry=Rect(left=1920, top=0, right=3840, bottom=1080), index=0)
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.screengrab     - L:73  - Use capture method: QT by screen
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.utils          - L:32  - Store debug image in: /tmp/normcap/2021-11-30_15-20-10_009850_raw_qt.png
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.screengrab     - L:106 - Screen scale factor: 1.0
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.screengrab     - L:107 - Image devicePixelRatio: 1.0
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.screengrab     - L:110 - Image crop box rect: (254, 171, 1023, 714)
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.utils          - L:32  - Store debug image in: /tmp/normcap/2021-11-30_15-20-10_086670_cropped.png
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.main_window    - L:281 - Prepare image for OCR
15:20:10 - INFO    - normcap.enhance        - L:17  - Apply enhancements to image
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.enhance        - L:92  - Resize screenshot by factor 3.2
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.utils          - L:32  - Store debug image in: /tmp/normcap/2021-11-30_15-20-10_111800_enlarged.png
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.utils          - L:32  - Store debug image in: /tmp/normcap/2021-11-30_15-20-10_334464_padded.png
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.main_window    - L:290 - Perform OCR
15:20:10 - DEBUG   - normcap.ocr            - L:62  - Init tesseract with args: {'path': '/usr/share/tessdata/', 'lang': 'eng', 'oem': 1, 'psm': 1}
15:20:11 - INFO    - normcap.ocr            - L:85  - PSM Mode: 1, OSM Mode: 1, Mean Conf: 13.00
15:20:11 - INFO    - normcap.main_window    - L:295 - Raw text from OCR:
[= —— — ——————————————————————— ——————————— ————————— —————————————————— ——————————————————
15:20:11 - DEBUG   - normcap.main_window    - L:296 - Result from OCR:
best_magic: 
image: <PySide2.QtGui.QImage(QSize(3433, 2444),format=QImage::Format_RGB32,depth=32,devicePixelRatio=1,bytesPerLine=13732,sizeInBytes=33561008) at 0x7f755bb5cfc0>
image_area: 8390252
image_size: (3433, 2444)
lines: [= ——  — ——————————————————————— ——————————— ————————— —————————————————— ——————————————————
mean_conf: 14.625
mode: 1
num_blocks: 1
num_lines: 1
num_pars: 1
psm_opt: 1
rect: Rect(left=2174, top=171, right=3197, bottom=885)
scale_factor: 1.0
scores: {}
screen: ScreenInfo(is_primary=True, device_pixel_ratio=1.0, geometry=Rect(left=1920, top=0, right=3840, bottom=1080), index=0)
text: [= —— — ——————————————————————— ——————————— ————————— —————————————————— ——————————————————
transformed: 
words: 
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:1  | left:134  | top:102  | width:36   | height:34   | conf:4  | text:[=
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:2  | left:175  | top:115  | width:70   | height:7    | conf:16 | text:——
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:3  | left:259  | top:115  | width:63   | height:7    | conf:0  | text: —
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:4  | left:329  | top:115  | width:3024 | height:7    | conf:0  | text:———————————————————————
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:5  | left:1205 | top:102  | width:423  | height:34   | conf:27 | text:———————————
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:6  | left:1627 | top:102  | width:347  | height:34   | conf:24 | text:—————————
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:7  | left:1973 | top:102  | width:692  | height:34   | conf:33 | text:——————————————————
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:8  | left:2664 | top:102  | width:692  | height:34   | conf:13 | text:——————————————————
15:20:11 - DEBUG   - normcap.main_window    - L:302 - Apply Magics
15:20:11 - INFO    - normcap.email_magic    - L:33  - 0 emails found ['']
15:20:11 - DEBUG   - normcap.email_magic    - L:44  - 0/91 chars in emails. Ratio: 0.0)
15:20:11 - INFO    - normcap.url_magic      - L:52  - 0 URLs found ['']
15:20:11 - DEBUG   - normcap.url_magic      - L:62  - 0 of 91 chars in emails (ratio: 0.0)
15:20:11 - DEBUG   - normcap.magic          - L:70  - All scores: {'SingleLineMagic': 50, 'MultiLineMagic': 0, 'ParagraphMagic': 0.0, 'EmailMagic': 0.0, 'UrlMagic': 0.0}
15:20:11 - INFO    - normcap.magic          - L:87  - Highest scored magic: SingleLineMagic (50)
15:20:11 - DEBUG   - normcap.main_window    - L:304 - Result from applying Magics:
best_magic: SingleLineMagic
image: <PySide2.QtGui.QImage(QSize(3433, 2444),format=QImage::Format_RGB32,depth=32,devicePixelRatio=1,bytesPerLine=13732,sizeInBytes=33561008) at 0x7f755bb5cfc0>
image_area: 8390252
image_size: (3433, 2444)
lines: [= ——  — ——————————————————————— ——————————— ————————— —————————————————— ——————————————————
mean_conf: 14.625
mode: 1
num_blocks: 1
num_lines: 1
num_pars: 1
psm_opt: 1
rect: Rect(left=2174, top=171, right=3197, bottom=885)
scale_factor: 1.0
scores: {'SingleLineMagic': 50, 'MultiLineMagic': 0, 'ParagraphMagic': 0.0, 'EmailMagic': 0.0, 'UrlMagic': 0.0}
screen: ScreenInfo(is_primary=True, device_pixel_ratio=1.0, geometry=Rect(left=1920, top=0, right=3840, bottom=1080), index=0)
text: [= —— — ——————————————————————— ——————————— ————————— —————————————————— ——————————————————
transformed: [= —— — ——————————————————————— ——————————— ————————— —————————————————— ——————————————————
words: 
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:1  | left:134  | top:102  | width:36   | height:34   | conf:4  | text:[=
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:2  | left:175  | top:115  | width:70   | height:7    | conf:16 | text:——
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:3  | left:259  | top:115  | width:63   | height:7    | conf:0  | text: —
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:4  | left:329  | top:115  | width:3024 | height:7    | conf:0  | text:———————————————————————
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:5  | left:1205 | top:102  | width:423  | height:34   | conf:27 | text:———————————
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:6  | left:1627 | top:102  | width:347  | height:34   | conf:24 | text:—————————
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:7  | left:1973 | top:102  | width:692  | height:34   | conf:33 | text:——————————————————
level:5  | page_num:1  | block_num:1  | par_num:1  | line_num:1  | word_num:8  | left:2664 | top:102  | width:692  | height:34   | conf:13 | text:——————————————————
15:20:11 - DEBUG   - normcap.clipboard      - L:15  - Copy to clipboard:
[= —— — ——————————————————————— ——————————— ————————— —————————————————— ——————————————————
15:20:11 - DEBUG   - normcap.notifier       - L:29  - Send notification
15:20:11 - DEBUG   - normcap.main_window    - L:207 - Path to debug images: /tmp/normcap
15:20:11 - INFO    - normcap.main_window    - L:208 - Exit normcap (reason: notification sent)

It would be great if you enable arm64 builds of Normcap in Flathub. Nowadays, there are a lot of powerful ARM computers which can run GNU/Linux.

Since Normcap is written in Python, it should work out of the box on ARM.

System:

{  'cli_args': '/app/bin/normcap -v debug',
   'config_directory': PosixPath('/home/REDACTED/.var/app/com.github.dynobo.normcap/config/normcap'),
   'desktop_environment': <DesktopEnvironment.GNOME: 1>,
   'display_manager_is_wayland': True,
   'envs': {  'LD_LIBRARY_PATH': '',
              'TESSDATA_PREFIX': '/app/share',
              'TESSERACT_CMD': None,
              'TESSERACT_VERSION': None},
   'gnome_version': None,
   'is_flatpak_package': True,
   'is_prebuild_package': None,
   'normcap_version': '0.3.14',
   'platform': 'linux',
   'pyside6_version': '6.4.0.1',
   'qt_library_path': '/usr/share/runtime/lib/plugins, '
                      '/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/PySide6/Qt/plugins, '
                      '/usr/bin',
   'qt_version': '6.4.0',
   'screens': {  0: Screen(is_primary=True, device_pixel_ratio=1.0, geometry=Rect(left=0, top=0, right=1920, bottom=1080), index=0, screenshot=None)},
   'tessdata_path': '/home/REDACTED/.var/app/com.github.dynobo.normcap/config/normcap/tessdata'}

Variables:

                  '__builtins__': <module 'builtins' (built-in)>,
                  '__cached__': None,
                  '__doc__': None,
                  '__file__': '/app/bin/normcap',
                  '__loader__': <_frozen_importlib_external.SourceFileLoader object at 0x7f8b1c1e5c10>,
                  '__name__': '__main__',
                  '__package__': None,
                  '__spec__': None,
                  'main': <function main at 0x7f8b1c0a53a0>,
                  're': <module 're' from '/usr/lib/python3.9/re.py'>,
                  'sys': <module 'sys' (built-in)>},
   '__init__': {  '__class__': <class 'normcap.gui.tray.SystemTray'>,
                  'args': {...},
                  'parent': <PySide6.QtWidgets.QApplication(0x5591af3c10b0) at 0x7f8b15187580>,
                  'self': 'REDACTED'},
   '_read_some_data': {'self': 'REDACTED', 'timeout': 14.999996797996573},
   '_receive': {  'deadline': 17350.304494858996,
                  'msg': None,
                  'self': 'REDACTED'},
   '_update_screenshots': {  'capture': <function capture at 0x7f8b10dcfe50>,
                             'self': 'REDACTED'},
   'capture': {},
   'grab_full_desktop': {  'connection': <jeepney.io.blocking.DBusConnection object at 0x7f8b1518b700>,
                           'handle': '/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop/request/1_1460/normcap_fgjajpag',
                           'image': None,
                           'msg': Message(Header(<Endianness.little: 1>, <MessageType.method_call: 1>, <MessageFlag.0: 0>, 1, 88, -1, fields={<HeaderFields.path: 1>: '/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop', <HeaderFields.destination: 6>: 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop', <HeaderFields.interface: 2>: 'org.freedesktop.portal.Screenshot', <HeaderFields.member: 3>: 'Screenshot', <HeaderFields.signature: 8>: 'sa{sv}'}), ('', {'handle_token': ('s', 'normcap_fgjajpag'), 'interactive': ('b', False)})),
                           'pseudo_unique_str': 'fgjajpag',
                           'response_rule': <jeepney.bus_messages.MatchRule object at 0x7f8b10dce250>,
                           'responses': deque([], maxlen=1),
                           'sender_name': '1_1460',
                           'token': 'normcap_fgjajpag'},
   'main': {  'app': <PySide6.QtWidgets.QApplication(0x5591af3c10b0) at 0x7f8b15187580>,
              'args': Namespace(color=None, language=None, mode=None, notification=None, tray=None, update=None, reset=False, verbosity='debug', version=False),
              'logger': <Logger normcap (DEBUG)>},
   'receive': {'self': 'REDACTED', 'timeout': 14.999998282997694},
   'recv_messages': {'self': 'REDACTED', 'timeout': 14.999998282997694},
   'recv_until_filtered': {  'deadline': 17350.304492661,
                             'queue': deque([], maxlen=1),
                             'self': 'REDACTED',
                             'timeout': 15}}

Exception:

  TimeoutError

Traceback:

  File "/app/bin/normcap", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/normcap/app.py", line 58, in main
    tray = SystemTray(app, vars(args))
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/normcap/gui/tray.py", line 72, in __init__
    self._update_screenshots()
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/normcap/gui/tray.py", line 164, in _update_screenshots
    screens = capture()
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/normcap/screengrab/dbus_portal.py", line 91, in capture
    full_image = grab_full_desktop()
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/normcap/screengrab/dbus_portal.py", line 68, in grab_full_desktop
    response = connection.recv_until_filtered(responses, timeout=15)
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jeepney/io/blocking.py", line 242, in recv_until_filtered
    self.recv_messages(timeout=deadline_to_timeout(deadline))
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jeepney/io/blocking.py", line 172, in recv_messages
    msg = self.receive(timeout=timeout)
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jeepney/io/blocking.py", line 165, in receive
    return self._receive(timeout_to_deadline(timeout))
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jeepney/io/blocking.py", line 102, in _receive
    b, fds = self._read_some_data(timeout=deadline_to_timeout(deadline))
  File "/app/lib/python3.9/site-packages/jeepney/io/blocking.py", line 113, in _read_some_data
    raise TimeoutError

Problem description

Right now, the only options to repeatedly perform captures are:

1. Configure your system to start NormCap via a Hotkey and deactivate NormCap's "Keep in system tray" setting. Then you can repeatedly capture text via that hotkey.
   • :heavy_plus_sign: Keyboard driven
   • :heavy_minus_sign: Slower, as startup time of NormCap adds up
   • :heavy_minus_sign: It's not always clear, when NormCap is closed completely and ready for a second capture
2. Activate NormCap's "Keep in system tray" setting. Then you can repeatedly capture texts via right-click on the tray icon and selecting "Capture".
   • :heavy_plus_sign: Faster, as NormCap is already loaded
   • :heavy_minus_sign: Not accessible via keyboard
   • :heavy_minus_sign: One right-click and one left-click needed

The goal of this ticket is to improve the situation by enabling re-capture from tray via a hotkey.

Solution idea

On most operating system's NormCap can't (and doesn't want to) listen to keyboard input for hotkeys all the time, so one idea to tackle this issue could be to modify NormCap's startup behavior:

• As a very first step when NormCap is executed, check if NormCap is already running in the system tray
• If it is, just trigger a re-capture in this already running instance and immediately quit the second instance.

Pro:

• This would also solve the issue, that currently multiple instances of NormCap can be started (but shouldn't).

Open questions:

• How to communicate with the already running instance? Socket?
• Does this solution work with all kind of packages of NormCap?

Intermediate Workaround

A quick and easy improvement could be to implement a "Capture on left-click" and "Open menu on right-click" behavior for the system tray. While not perfect, this might be fairly simple to implement and saves the user one right-click.

After running normcap in command line I get the following error:

5:23:59` - ERROR - normcap.utils - L:104 - Uncaught exception! Quitting NormCap! Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/tavit/.local/bin/normcap", line 8, in sys.exit(main()) File "/home/tavit/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/normcap/app.py", line 56, in main logger.debug("System info:\n%s", system_info.to_string()) File "/home/tavit/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/normcap/system_info.py", line 190, in to_string is_briefcase_package=is_briefcase_package(), File "/home/tavit/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/normcap/system_info.py", line 161, in is_briefcase_package metadata = importlib_metadata.metadata(app_module) File "/home/tavit/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/importlib_metadata/init.py", line 1011, in metadata return Distribution.from_name(distribution_name).metadata File "/home/tavit/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/importlib_metadata/init.py", line 567, in from_name raise ValueError("A distribution name is required.") ValueError: A distribution name is required.

It seem to work after I commented line responsible for exception.