FEATURE: Paste the files, images, folders from the system clipboard

[rauf322]

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I had a really big painful time by realizing that i can't simple take image from clipboard which i copied on some random web sides and paste it to my nvim working environment

DISCLAIMER: FULLY VIBE CODED SOLUTION BUT IT WORKS WITH IMAGES

				["P"] = function(state)
					local inputs = require("neo-tree.ui.inputs")
					local node = state.tree:get_node()
					local dir_path = node.type == "directory" and node.path or vim.fn.fnamemodify(node.path, ":h")

					inputs.input("Image filename: ", "", function(filename)
						if not filename or filename == "" then
							return
						end

						if not filename:match("%.png$") then
							filename = filename .. ".png"
						end

						local target_path = dir_path .. "/" .. filename
						local cmd = string.format("osascript -e 'set png_data to the clipboard as «class PNGf»' -e 'set the_file to open for access POSIX file \"%s\" with write permission' -e 'write png_data to the_file' -e 'close access the_file'", target_path)

						local result = os.execute(cmd)
						if result == 0 then
							print("Pasted image: " .. filename)
							require("neo-tree.sources.manager").refresh("filesystem")
						else
							print("Failed to paste image from clipboard")
						end
					end)

Im creating this thread in order to maybe enhance this functionality with pasting files or full directories to your independent nvim environment would be awesome!

Describe the solution you'd like.

Enhancing functionality to make nvim more independent from environment and help people who stuck with the pasting images from clipboard

Describe alternatives you've considered.

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[pynappo]

i normally only paste images from clipboard for markup languages like typst/markdown so i use https://github.com/hakonharnes/img-clip.nvim for that. ideally, we could just hook into the code it uses because it does cool things like drag and drop, supporting all platforms, and supporting pasting directly into the terminal, but that's not available yet.

if time permits i'll see about implementing the simpler version.