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Bug 366816 - Paste images etc. from file manager
Paste images etc. from file manager
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: GUI
git master
Other All
: Low enhancement
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Assigned To: Jon Kåre Hellan
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-10-29 12:33 UTC by Jon Kåre Hellan
Modified: 2018-04-21 22:53 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Jon Kåre Hellan 2006-10-29 12:33:38 UTC 
Implement selecting files from file manager and pasting into gnumeric. Makes the most sense for images.

clipboard targets:
Nautilus:  x-special/gnome-copied-files
           example: "copy\nfile:///home/jk/duskere.jpg"
Konqueror: text/uri-list, application/x-kde-urilist
           example: "file:///home/jk/duskere.jpg\n\0"

           both formats identical
Windows:   no idea

Freedesktop standard:

Not a high priority, but very low hanging fruit.
Comment 1 Jon Kåre Hellan 2006-10-29 12:40:59 UTC 
Thunar (xfce file manager): same as nautilus.
Comment 2 Jon Kåre Hellan 2006-10-29 18:36:51 UTC 
Looks like no app is doing this at the moment, and there is no freedesktop standard. Didn't find any discussion on XDG-list, either.
Comment 3 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-01-13 20:18:34 UTC 
Well, you can drag images from nautilus into a gnumeric window....
Comment 4 Lukas Kolbe 2010-03-25 08:10:59 UTC 
For Drag'n'Drop of non-images it would also be helpful to automatically have a link embedded in the cell - e.g. when I drag a PDF from Nautilus to a cell have it not only insert the pathname but also have it clickable.
Comment 5 Morten Welinder 2018-04-21 22:25:17 UTC 
Nemo (on Linux Mint) seems to supply the target x-special/gnome-copied-files
on CLIPBOARD (only).  The contents is...

copy
file:///home/welinder/annalisa_welinder.jpg

with no ending \n.


https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/53503/copying-files-from-command-line-to-clipboard
suggests also text/uri-list and application/x-kde-cutselection
Comment 6 Morten Welinder 2018-04-21 22:53:22 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Once that release is available, you may want to check for a software upgrade provided by your Linux distribution.