On Apr 3, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Scott Kostyshak <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Liviu Andronic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One idea would be to use a commandline utility that allows copying >> image files to the clipboard, and create a new converter from >> PDF(cropped) towards this utility. But so far I couldn't find anything >> for Linux, let alone cross-platform. Otherwise, I'm wondering if we >> have an LFUN that would provide this functionality. But I'm not sure >> how exactly that could work. > > Good idea Liviu. I recommend CopyQ if you want to implement this. It > works great on Linux, supposedly works on Windows, and support is > experimental on OS X 10.9+. The author of CopyQ is extremely > responsive to features and bug reports (he implemented a feature that > I'm pretty sure only I use, just for me). This is one of the best > clipboard managers out there (although note the focus is on features > over lightweight) but it is not well known. > > To put an image on the clipboard, you can do e.g. > copyq write image/svg - < image.svg > > For more info, see > https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ > > To install, I believe it's a simple > cmake . > make > sudo make install > > First you must have dependencies. See the INSTALL file for explicit > instructions for which packages you need for Ubuntu. Let me know if > you want help with anything. > > Best, > > Scott Interesting solution, looks a bit bloaty as noted by Scott. Also, support for OS X is a little concerning, at 10.9+. I wonder if there is a concrete reason for this limitation or perhaps it's due to the developer's lack of access to other versions. Also, the web site states, "To compile and run the application you'll need the latest stable version of Qt library (there is also experimental support for Qt 5). To compile on OS X, you will need at least Qt 5.2." Dumb question: if Qt 5.2 is required to compile on OS X, is it required to run? Jerry
