plugin to paste an image file from clipboard

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by SHunter101

I have a feature request. I would like the ability to paste the image from clipboard to where I have positioned the cursor.

Unfortunately, it's not (yet) possible to detect the cursor position.

[rubeus]

Guess thats not possible as the plugin launcher does not know here the cursor position is/was.

[KevinH]

Simply add a unique tag or id or class name to current tab where you want the insert to occur and invoke the plugin. The plugin will get the list of the current xhtml file (highlighted in the BookBrowser) and can easily look for the unique tag, or id or class name to get any insertion point and substitute anything you want inside the plugin.
KevinH

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by KevinH

Simply add a unique tag or id or class name to current tab where you want the insert to occur and invoke the plugin. The plugin will get the list of the current xhtml file (highlighted in the BookBrowser) and can easily look for the unique tag, or id or class name to get any insertion point and substitute anything you want inside the plugin.
KevinH

That would certainly work, but, IMHO, it'd be much easier if the OP simply pressed CTRL+SHIFT+I and directly selected the image inserted by the plugin.

Somehow I don't feel inclined to add code that'd save the OP one key-press and one mouse-click.

[SHunter101]

Originally Posted by Doitsu

The jpeg image quality is hard-coded, but it can easily be changed by editing the quality value in plugin.py.

If I want the max image quality do I change img.save(clipboard_data, 'jpeg', quality=90) to 100? And do I need to change the value 90 in line 51 and 53 to 100 (using Notepad++ to get the line numbers)?

Thanks,
SH

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by SHunter101

If I want the max image quality do I change img.save(clipboard_data, 'jpeg', quality=90) to 100? And do I need to change the value 90 in line 51 and 53 to 100 (using Notepad++ to get the line numbers)?

If you have a Windows machine you only need to change the following line:

                img.save(clipboard_data, 'jpeg', quality=90)

(You only need to change the quality value in lines 51 and 53 if you have a Linux machine.)

However, changing the quality to 100 is not recommended, because it'll make the image larger than the original image.

If you want to insert the image unchanged, copy the image URL to the clipboard.

[Super T]

Thanks for this! GREAT idea for a plugin!

I was using a v0.6 Sigil to paste from a website and build ePubs--and the images worked.
Once I loaded in Moon+ I noticed they were broken, and in Sigil v0.9.7 there are "Get failed - protocol HTTPS is unknown" errors (╥_╥)
I now need to fix 70+ images, so thanks! This will definitely help!


I have two usability questions:
1) Could PasteImage take the image URL, add it, AND Insert it at the cursor? That would simplify things by a lot!

2) Could PasteImage parse a clipboard with html info to keep the images, without the extra step?
From https://translationchicken.com/2016/...their-oaths16/

<img src="https://translationchicken.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arc3interludeiii.png?w=1400"
 class="attachment-baskerville-post-image size-baskerville-post-image wp-post-image" 
alt="arc3interludeiii" 
srcset="https://translationchicken.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arc3interludeiii.png?w=1400 1400w, 
https://translationchicken.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arc3interludeiii.png?w=150 150w, 
https://translationchicken.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arc3interludeiii.png?w=300 300w, 
https://translationchicken.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arc3interludeiii.png?w=768 768w, 
https://translationchicken.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arc3interludeiii.png?w=1024 1024w, 
https://translationchicken.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arc3interludeiii.png 1600w" 
sizes="(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px" data-attachment-id="2919" 
data-permalink="https://translationchicken.com/arc3interludeiii/" 
data-orig-file="https://translationchicken.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arc3interludeiii.png" 
data-orig-size="1600,900" data-comments-opened="1" 
data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" 
data-image-title="arc3interludeiii" data-image-description="" 
data-medium-file="https://translationchicken.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arc3interludeiii.png?w=300" 
data-large-file="?w=736" width="1400" height="788"/>			
</div>
<div class="post-content clear">
<h6 style="text-align:left;">*******Note from Translation Chicken*******</h6>

Sigil prompts asking if I want to paste Plaintext, I hit No, and so the text pastes correctly but the image is broken.
If this code was on the clipboard, could PasteImage be changed to paste it better?

Thanks again for a great plugin!

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by Super T

I now need to fix 70+ images, so thanks! This will definitely help!

In that case Calibre Editor might be a better choice. It allows you to check and download external resources:

Tools > External Links > Check external links
Tools > External Links > Download external resources

There are also a couple of browser plugins that'll save websites as ebooks, e.g. dotEpub.

[Super T]

Oh, neat! I did not know it did that.
Thanks!