There are arexx-commands for snapshot und unsnapshot in Ambient. You can write scripts and call them with shortcuts, defined by mmkeyboard (https://www.geit.de/eng_mmkeyboard.html) or with CRABUM (https://igracki.lima-city.de/frames/progs/CRABUM.html).

Example unsnapshot Ambient:

/*
* $VER: unsnapshot.rexx 1.0 (08.08.2006)
*
* synopsis: unsnapshots icon and window positions from all
* icon files in a given path
*
* $Id: unsnapshot.rexx,v 1.2 2013/05/19 21:29:28 tokai Exp $
*/

parse arg path

tmpfile = 't:tmp'

address command 'list >t:tmp quick nohead '||path||#?.info

if(open(f, tmpfile, 'r')) then
do
do while(~eof(f))
line=readln(f)
if line~='' then do
address AMBIENT
'unsnapshot path="'||line||'" icons window'
end
end
close(f)
address command 'delete >nil: '||tmpfile
end


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Ambient documentation:

eg: Snapshot


Command:
- Snapshot
Synopsis:
- Snapshots the icon
Parameters:
- PATH: path of the icon to snapshot, if not supplied, path is taken from
the selected entries in the SRC lister or the selected object
- ICONS/S: snapshot the icon placement
- WINDOW/S: snapshot the window placement and size
- SELECTION/S: if ICON is set, when called from view, only selected icons are snapshot.
RC:
- 0: Ok

Docu can be found in Mossys:Ambient/Docs.