Save screenshot keyboard shortcut

SDK Feature Requests
1

I'd love a keyboard shortcut for capturing screenshots in the simulator. Sometimes it's tricky to catch the action when my hands are on the keyboard controls and I have to hit a fairly small button with the mouse. Even adding a dedicated menu item (e.g. "Playdate > Capture Screenshot") would do the trick, since I could then define my own shortcut for it.

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I agree this would be a nice feature. In the past, I've implemented this myself using the following code (in Lua):

function playdate.keyPressed(key)
	if key == "s" then
		local image = playdate.graphics.getDisplayImage()
		local path = "~/Desktop/"
		local filename = "Screenshot-" .. playdate.getSecondsSinceEpoch() ..  ".png"
		playdate.simulator.writeToFile(image, path .. filename)
	end
end
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