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[PATCH] Add yank-media-handler for copied files from file manager
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Message #35 received at 77731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Ping! Ping! Po Lu, please respond.
> Cc: 77731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 11:58:09 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
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> Ping! Po Lu, could you please answer the questions from Visuwesh?
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> > Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 01:03:53 +0530
> > From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
> > CC: 77731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > I am quite confused as to what Po Lu wants me to do, TBH. I can start working on the patch again if I get an explanation of the work that needs to be done.
> >
> > On 10 May 2025 14:57:32 GMT+05:30, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > >Ping! Ping! Would people please respond?
> > >
> > >> Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 77731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > >> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:25:39 +0300
> > >> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> > >>
> > >> Ping! How can we make progress with this issue?
> > >>
> > >> > From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
> > >> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 77731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > >> > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:41:08 +0530
> > >> >
> > >> > [வெள்ளி ஏப்ரல் 11, 2025] Po Lu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > >> The name and the doc string should be more specific to the file
> > >> > >> managers for which this is supposed to work. I doubt that these
> > >> > >> details are general enough to say that any file manager capable of
> > >> > >> copy/pasting files will behave like that.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >> Btw, isn't copy/paste of files similar or maybe even equivalent to
> > >> > >> drag-n-drop? If so, perhaps a better way would be to use the DND
> > >> > >> machinery we have in Emacs? Adding Po Lu in case he has opinions or
> > >> > >> comments about this.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Regrettably not, since the formats concerned differ subtly and DND gives
> > >> > > a weight to negotiating actions on dropped data that is undue for a
> > >> > > simple copy/paste operation. The selection formats you must recognize
> > >> > > are `text/uri-list' (which is identical to its Xdnd variant), FILE_NAME,
> > >> > > and FILE, which are NULL-separated lists of strings, and numerous ad hoc
> > >> > > formats defined by file managers and desktop environments.
> > >> >
> > >> > What's wrong with doing the following?
> > >> >
> > >> > (defun message--yank-media-copied-files-handler (_ data)
> > >> > "Attach files copied/cut from the file manager.
> > >> > DATA is a string where the first line is the operation to
> > >> > perform: copy or cut. Rest are file: links. The operation is
> > >> > always ignored, and the files are only attached."
> > >> > (let ((files (split-string data "[\0\n\r]" t)))
> > >> > (dnd-handle-multiple-urls (selected-window)
> > >> > (cdr files)
> > >> > (pcase (car files)
> > >> > (`"copy" 'copy)
> > >> > (`"cut" 'move)
> > >> > (_ 'private)))))
> > >> >
> > >> > It calls mml-dnd-attach-file in message-mode buffer.
> > >> >
> > >> > > If you like, you may implement a rough draft that functions
> > >> > > satisfactorily with whatever file managers you test, and I shall supply
> > >> > > its deficiencies as best I can.
> > >> >
> > >> > Considering that text/uri-list and friends seem to be considered in
> > >> > others part of the code, is there a function that would parse its
> > >> > format?
> > >> >
> > >>
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