// Use program "scrot" to make full-screen screenshots (on Linux); prevents the bug https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7168628
// (Bug might be fixed now, so disabling.)
static bool shootScreen_useScrot = false;

static BufferedImage shootScreen2() {
  ret shootScreen2(screenRectangle());
}

static BufferedImage shootScreen2(Rectangle area) ctex {
  ping();
  if (shootScreen_useScrot && eq(area, screenRectangle())) {
    if (!isOnPATH("scrot")) shootScreen2_fallback();
    if (shootScreen_useScrot) {
      S filename = "screenshot-" + randomID(12) + ".png";
      File f = linux_fileInRamDisk(filename);
      if (f == null) f = prepareProgramFile(filename);
      try {
        S cmd = "scrot " + bashQuote(f);
        S out = backtick(cmd);
        if (f.exists())
          ret loadPNG(f);
        shootScreen2_fallback();
      } catch e {
        print(e);
        shootScreen2_fallback();
      } finally {
        f.delete();
      }
    }
  }
  return new Robot().createScreenCapture(area);
}

static BufferedImage shootScreen2(Rect area) {
  ret shootScreen2(area.getRectangle());
}

static BufferedImage shootScreen2(int x, int y, int w, int h) {
  ret shootScreen2(new Rectangle(x, y, w, h));
}

// internal
static void shootScreen2_fallback() {
  if (shootScreen_useScrot) {
    if (isLinux()) print("Scrot failed. Reverting to internal screenshots.");
    shootScreen_useScrot = false;
  }
}

Began life as a copy of #1003731