Screenshot filename in Lion

Hi,
Anyone knows a way to rename the filename of screenshots in Lion?
I'm talking about the part that comes after the prefix, that can be changed via;
defaults write com.apple.screencapture name NEWPREFIX
In Snow Leopard, this was achieved by chaning a line in the following file;
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Localizable.strings
This is no longer possible, as the value isn't present in this file anymore. The .strings-file have also been changed from a plain text file, to a binary plist file since Snow Leopard.
The reason I want to change this, is to avoid spaces in the file name. I know that some of you use scripts that goes through the screenshot-folder to rename, but was hoping to avoid this.
Anyone knows of a way to change this in Lion?

Hi,
I did following steps to change default screenshoot filename
$ sudo su
# cd /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/Resources/English.lpro j
# plutil -convert xml1 ScreenCapture.strings
# vi ScreenCapture.strings
change
<key>%@ %@ at %@</key>
<string>%@ %@ at %@</string>
to
<key>%@ %@ at %@</key>
<string>Pictures</string>
# plutil -convert binary1 ScreenCapture.strings
# killall SystemUIServer
You can replace "Pictures" to whatever you like.

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