Re: insert picture feature request.

[Rainer Stengele <rainer.stengele@diplan.de>]

Am 04.05.2011 12:01, schrieb Rainer Stengele:
> +1 for windows support.
> 
> I would also need such a image copy tool under windows.
> 
> A way to capture an image and have it referenced/included in an org file
> with a simple keychord would be most welcome.
> 
> What most of my colleagues - non Emacs users - do is open MS Word,
> paste some captured images and write some simple comments.
> No need to copy, save and link to an image.
> A documentation including some screenshots is done in a snap.
> 
> For me this is one of the things I miss a lot while living in Org.
> Anybody knows about a comparable tool to Imagemagick "import" under Windows?
> 
> ===============================================================================
> 
> OK - I searched a bit and found this, which works on command line: (see http://www.irfanview.de)
> 
> 
> Example for /capture:
> i_view32.exe /capture=0
> Capture the whole screen.
> i_view32.exe /capture=6
> Start in Capture mode, use last used capture dialog settings.
> 
> capture values:
> 0 = whole screen
> 1 = current monitor, where mouse is located
> 2 = foreground window
> 3 = foreground window - client area
> 4 = rectangle selection
> 5 = object selected with the mouse
> 6 = start in capture mode (can't be combined with other commandline options)
> 
> Advanced examples:
> i_view32.exe /capture=2 /convert=c:\test.jpg
> Capture foreground window and save result as file.
> i_view32.exe /capture=2 /convert=c:\capture_$U(%d%m%Y_%H%M%S).jpg
> Capture foreground window and save result as file; the file name contains time stamp.
> ===============================================================================
> 
> I will try this in my Org environment.
> 
> -- Rainer
> 
> 
> 
> Am 04.05.2011 02:37, schrieb Mark S.:
>> This doesn't work under windows even if you have ImageMagick installed. Is there a similar way to capture and insert a picture under windows?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --- On Mon, 5/2/11, Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com>
>>> Subject: Re: [O] insert picture feature request.
>>> To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>>> Date: Monday, May 2, 2011, 6:28 AM
>>> On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 02:42:41PM
>>> +0200, Piter_ wrote:
>>>> Hi all.
>>>> I use org-mode for making note while reading
>>> articles.
>>>> Sometimes I want to insert picture into notes. Now it
>>> takes to much
>>>> time. I have to copy paste it into picture editor,
>>> save it and than
>>>> make a link to it.
>>>> I would like to do it in other way. Copy picture into
>>> clipboard (from
>>>> pdf reader for example), and than run a function in
>>> emacs which will
>>>> ask for file name, save the picture from clipboard
>>> into preset folder
>>>> and insert link into org file for it.
>>>> I have found those links.
>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1868734/how-to-copy-to-clipboard-with-x11
>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3571179/how-does-x11-clipboard-handle-multiple-data-formats
>>>>
>>>> About handling clipboard images from python.
>>>> I think it is possible to write a simple python script
>>> which can save
>>>> clipboard picture into file, and than some lisp
>>> function which do all
>>>> I described above using this script.
>>>> Unfortunately I dont know  python and lisp on
>>> level which allow me to
>>>> do it fast end easy. So I ask if someone can do it. I
>>> think it would
>>>> be useful addition for org-mode. May be even someone
>>> have implemented
>>>> it, or made another work arround  this problem.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Petro.
>>>> P.S. Sorry if you get two copies of request. I had
>>> some troubles with
>>>> sending it and may sent two versions of this mail.
>>>>
>>>
>>> There was a discussion with a working solution not long ago
>>> for taking
>>> screenshots and inserting them into org automatically.
>>>
>>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/33770
>>>
>>> I suspect the code is on worg.
>>>
>>> Enjoy.
>>>
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>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
The better approach seems to be to take the screenshot image from the clipboard.
Therefore any screenshot tool will do.

This works for me under Windows XP:
(I had to introduce the tilde-buffer-filename variable for irfanview to work)


(defun org-screenshot ()
  "Take a screenshot into a time stamped unique-named file in the same directory as the org-buffer and insert
a link to this file."
  (interactive)
  (setq tilde-buffer-filename
	(replace-regexp-in-string "/" "\\" (buffer-file-name) t t))
  (setq filename
	(concat
	 (make-temp-name
	  (concat tilde-buffer-filename
		  "_"
		  (format-time-string "%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_")) ) ".jpg"))
  ;; Linux: ImageMagick: (call-process "import" nil nil nil filename)
  ;; Windows: Irfanview
  (call-process "c:\\Programme\\IrfanView\\i_view32.exe" nil nil nil (concat "/clippaste /convert=" filename))
  (insert (concat "[[file:" filename "]]"))
  (org-display-inline-images))


So this is how it works:

1. take a screenshot with any tool you are used to use
2. change to your org buffer and call "org-screenshot" via M-x

Instead of ".jpg" you can use any format IrfanView understands, for example "png".

Very useful!

-- Rainer