[Scribus] Feature Request: Making it easier to add graphics

[Craig Bradney]

On Thursday 16 February 2006 00:03, Calum Polwart wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 22:26 +0100, Craig Bradney wrote:
> > On Wednesday 15 February 2006 22:11, David Spagnol wrote:
> > > On the Right-click menu for a picture frame, there is an item "Get
> > > Picture ...". Could I request a new item "Paste Picture Path"
> > >
> > > Why is this? Well if I run DigiKam in Linux, and Right-Click > Copy on
> > > a thumbnail, the pasted contents of the clipboard are something like:
> > >
> > > file:///home/davecs/Data/clipart/Camera/2006/01/07/r0012645.jpg
> > >
> > > (this is obviously a specific path on my system)
> > >
> > > Now perhaps if this were another program, the paste may have been:
> > >
> > > /home/davecs/Data/clipart/Camera/2006/01/07/r0012645.jpg
> > >
> > > or someone using the windows version may be
> > >
> > > C:\My Pictures\2006\01\07\r0012645.jpg or even file:///c:/My
> > > Pictures/2006/01/07/r0012645.jpg
> > >
> > > But what I ask is that if an attempt is made to paste and from the text
> > > on the clipboard, a valid graphic file can be located, then that
> > > graphic will populate that picture frame. It would make it easier for
> > > users to drop in graphics from other cataloguing programs.
> >
> > Good idea, please submit a request on bugs.scribus.net.
> >
> > Craig
>
> But do we not already have that feature??
>
> In Gnome when I open File Browser and R-click an image and select copy I
> get the file name (without file://) and that can be pasted (R-click or
> Ctrl-V) into the file name field on the Get Image dialogue and it works.
>
> Granted if it comes with file:/// at the start it breaks!  But you only
> need to delete file:// manually...
>
> Perhaps this only works in Gnome?

He wants to paste the file URL into the image frame instead of even using get 
text.

Craig
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