feature wish: copy an image into clipboard, paste into TC

[urlwolf]

feature wish: copy an image into clipboard, paste into TC's lister, and get an image file (e.g., png) with that image created.

I love this for screenshots that I need to covert to files.
Dopus does this too, and I miss it -even though I love all the new things I gained after moving to TC-

Thanks

[petermad]

2urlwolf

If you use Imagine as your Lister plugin for images you can paste from the clipboard.

http://www.nyam.pe.kr/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8

[urlwolf]

Sorry, I said lister when what I meant was the actual TC window that list the files (the one with tabs). Copying and pasting an image file there should produce a new file with the image.

Is that what Imagine does? If not, is there any other way to get this functionality?
Thanks

[solid]

I'm currently using Irfanview for that purpose. I've made a menu entry (it can also be a button or mapped to a hotkey)
Command:

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Your path to irfanview\i_view32.exe

parameters

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/clippaste /convert=%pclipboard$U.jpg /jpgq=80

That way i have jpg file in the active panel named "clipboard_date_time.jpg" where date_time are date and time of the creation of the file.

I think it can also be done with nconvert from xnview and i guess that must be there some other small utility made just for this purpose

[petermad]

Is that what Imagine does?

No - try solid's suggestion.

[urlwolf]

Thanks solid, I tried that (creating a button)
I still cannot find the button I created -that's how much I know about TC -.

How do you make a menu entry? Maybe that's easier...

[petermad]

still cannot find the button I created

You probably forgot to assign an icon to the button - then you can't see it.

How do you make a menu entry? Maybe that's easier...

You add it to your .mnu file (usually depends on your language selection):

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MENUITEM "Item text", cm_command

[urlwolf]

still cannot find the button I created

You probably forgot to assign an icon to the button - then you can't see it.

How do you make a menu entry? Maybe that's easier...

You add it to your .mnu file (usually depends on your language selection):

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MENUITEM "Item text", cm_command

Still no luck, I created a em_command in usercmd.ini with:

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[em_pasteClipImgFile]
cmd=path\to\TC UP\PLUGINS\Tools\IrfanView\ /clippaste /convert=%pclipboard$U.jpg /jpgq=80

Then under my .mnu file, I did add

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MENUITEM "&save clipboard as img file", em_pasteClipImgFile   

Doesn't work... any idea why? thanks. I also tried creating an alias, same result.

[solid]

You shoul do it like this:

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[em_pasteClipImgFile] 
cmd=path\to\TC UP\PLUGINS\Tools\IrfanView\i_view32.exe
param=/clippaste /convert=%pclipboard$U.jpg /jpgq=80

Note that i_view32.exe is added in the command, its missing in your code.

Even better, open the commands browser, select usercmd.ini and edit the command there.

[urlwolf]

Thanks, got it to work with an alias (clip).
No idea how to get the commands browser (!). I'm I looking at the right docs? Is the help file updated?

Lots of hits in the forum, but I couldn't find one that explains how to get the commands browser...

[roentgen]

2urlwolf
Maybe Ghisler doesn't consider it/you worth using.

Anyway, here's a method: type 'cm_CommandBrowser' in TC's command line.

[petermad]

No idea how to get the commands browser

You can get the command browser ("Choose command") by clicking the button with the magnifying glass on in either of these places:

1. Configuration -> Misc. -> Redifine Hotkeys -> Command
2. Change button bar -> Command
3. Change Start menu - Command
4. Change directory menu - Command

Or by using the internal command cm_CommandBrowser as also sugested by roentgen