Are there any sort of configuration options for specifying the default save location for gnome-screenshot, or is this hard-coded into the source code?
It used to be ~/Desktop, which seems to have changed to ~/Pictures (in 12.04).
The only possible solution I've seen is about Setting the default name (as it includes time stamp information now instead of simply 'Screenshot#'), but that solution doesn't really seem ideal to me.
Also, this post suggested that the last save location is remembered the next time you take a screenshot, but in my experience, this doesn't seem to be the case. And in any case, following on from that, that entry in gconf-editor doesn't even seem to accurately reflect the last location, so more than likely an entry related to an older version of gnome-screenshot.
Best Answer
For 12.04
Via GUI
From the command line, run the command
sudo apt-get install dconf-editorOr click here to install from the Ubuntu Software Center:
Press Alt + F2 and type
dconf-editorGo to
org->gnome->gnome-screenshotAt "auto-save-directory" type the desired directory in the following format:
file:///home/user/Desktop/A tip for anyone who is using the configuration editor in unity: click on the arrow to the left the
orgtext to expand it.Via Terminal
Simply run this command, replacing the path with your preferred directory.