lionyxml/ros

screenshot / copy & paste tool for org-mode files

org-ros - Rahul's Org-mode Screenshot

My implementation for "how do I copy-paste images into an org file?" issue.

ros is invoked with M-x org-ros RET, it waits for your selection, takes a screenshot and saves it as orgfileopened.org_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss.png.

It then adds a link into your org file and turns ON display-inline-images showing you your image.

Requirements

• Linux: scrot (for taking screenshots);
• MacOS: screencapture (built-in for Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey...)
• Windows: powershell.exe (compatible with native Windows and WSL installations)
• Emacs: 24.1

Install

org-ros is available on MELPA.

Alternatively, you can download org-ros.el, copy this file to a folder, like ~/.emacs.d/org-ros/, and add to your .emacs file:

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-ros/")
(require 'org-ros)

Usage

Use M-x org-ros RET, select the part of the screen you want to screenshot, and a picture file should be created and linked into your document.

Screenshot

Here it's what it does.

ros's Issues

Screencapturing tool

On many linux distributions, imagemagick is installed per default, providing the import command, which can take screenshots like scrot (single click for the window, click and drag for an area, or call it with parameter -window root for the whole screen). Maybe consider setting this as default, thus not requiring the user to install an additional tool. While it has a plethora of options, it only needs the filename as parameter.

Suggestion: Use attachments for the file

Hi,

Rather than storing the file directly in the Org file's directory, it would be good to use Org attachments. :)