That's not what I am commenting on - I'm well aware of all of that. I am commenting on the fact that the documentation says that an @path directive (and all the others in the table below) takes the form
@path **=** my/path whereas in fact no equals sign is necessary (any might well cause an error?) @path my/path On Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 4:10:38 AM UTC tbp1...@gmail.com wrote: > *@path* headlines must be like this: @path c:/test/python. Use forward > slashes even on Windows. The pathlib methods will use forward slashes and > output whatever is right for the OS. > > On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 7:14:14 PM UTC-4 jkn wrote: > >> BTW [Edward], isn't this documentation, from >> https://leo-editor.github.io/leo-editor/customizing.html#simple-settings-nodes, >> >> incorrect - or am I misunderstanding something? >> >> """ >> Simple settings nodes have headlines of the form @<type> name = val. >> These settings set the value of name to val, with the indicated type: >> """ >> ISTM that the headlines are of the form >> >> @type val >> >> or can you actually write >> >> @path = <some path> >> >> etc? I can find no examples of this... >> >> On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 10:55:16 PM UTC jkn wrote: >> >>> I think I have an earlier version of this snippet from you somewhere - I >>> was going to take a look at it for this purpose. So thanks! >>> >>> J^n >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 10:42:32 PM UTC tbp1...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> I've been using an "images" subdirectory under the location of the >>>> outline, or under the @path location if you use one. It would make backup >>>> or sharing easier than some random location in the file system. The >>>> script >>>> could check for its existence and create it if needed. >>>> >>>> Here's how I get the path of the node or it's @path into the clipboard: >>>> >>>> """Copy the effective path of the current node to the clipboard. >>>> >>>> This command honors @path directives. >>>> """ >>>> from pathlib import Path >>>> >>>> pth = Path(c.fullPath(p)) >>>> if pth.exists(): >>>> if pth.is_file(): >>>> direc = pth.parent >>>> else: >>>> direc = pth >>>> else: >>>> direc = Path(g.scanAllAtPathDirectives(c, p)) >>>> >>>> if direc: >>>> normdir = str(direc.resolve()) >>>> g.app.gui.replaceClipboardWith(normdir) >>>> else: >>>> g.es(f"Path {direc} doesn't exist") >>>> >>>> BTW, I have this script linked to a button, which is very convenient >>>> sometimes. >>>> On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 6:30:21 PM UTC-4 jkn wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Thomas >>>>> not sure what an undoer would do here? maybe delete the file? >>>>> There is no leo-relevant action here (yet) >>>>> >>>>> I'm well aware I don't *need* the main(), but I prefer to write this >>>>> way. Same as with bash scripts etc. It helps for future modularity, I >>>>> find. >>>>> Of course, 'YAGNI', but still. f course you are right that main() could >>>>> be >>>>> more descriptive, this is only a POC. >>>>> >>>>> The tricky bit is deciding where to store the clipboard files. >>>>> Obsidian has a special action when you click on inserted 'snippet' >>>>> images; >>>>> it just stores the filename in the 'body', and uses its knowledge of >>>>> where >>>>> the snippets are located when you do the equivalent of CTRL-click on the >>>>> URL >>>>> >>>>> Linking the location of the 'snippets' to the leo file and/or node is >>>>> an interesting challenge... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 10:09:59 PM UTC tbp1...@gmail.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Looks pretty straightforward. Perhaps you'll want to make it >>>>>> undoable (so far as Leo is concerned). As a matter of Python >>>>>> programming, >>>>>> defining a main() function here isn't needed. If you are only going to >>>>>> use >>>>>> it as a script, then you don't need a function at all. Just unindent >>>>>> those >>>>>> lines of code (and delete the "main()" line) and they will run when the >>>>>> script runs. No need to call main() at all. If you want that >>>>>> clipboard >>>>>> part of the block to run and if it succeeds then insert the markdown >>>>>> text >>>>>> into a node, then the function shouldn't be called "main" but something >>>>>> more descriptive. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 4:59:25 PM UTC-4 jkn wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> OK, here is a simple demonstration of part of the feature I am >>>>>>> interested in. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When run with an image in the (global) clipboard, it saves this to a >>>>>>> local timestamped file (under ~/tmp), and indicates how a markdown >>>>>>> reference to that file could be inserted. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There's plenty more needed but this is the QClipboard part, I think. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> import os >>>>>>> import time >>>>>>> >>>>>>> def unique_png_fname(): >>>>>>> """ return a unique (timestamped) filename to use >>>>>>> """ >>>>>>> FORMAT="%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S.png" >>>>>>> return time.strftime(FORMAT) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> def link_string_md(fname): >>>>>>> """ get markdown format to insert a filename >>>>>>> """ >>>>>>> return "![[%s]]" % fname >>>>>>> >>>>>>> def main(): >>>>>>> # get clipboard contents - default mode is global clipboard >>>>>>> cb = g.app.gui.qtApp.clipboard() >>>>>>> # is it in image format? >>>>>>> img = cb.image() >>>>>>> if not img.isNull(): >>>>>>> basefiledir = os.path.expanduser("~/tmp") >>>>>>> fqfilepath = os.path.join(basefiledir, unique_png_fname()) >>>>>>> img.save(fqfilepath, "PNG") >>>>>>> g.es("wrote clipboard to:", fqfilepath) >>>>>>> g.es("could insert:", link_string_md(fqfilepath)) >>>>>>> else: >>>>>>> g.es("clipboard not in image format") >>>>>>> >>>>>>> main() >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 8:23:42 PM UTC jkn wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Doh! should have read the documentation better. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> you have to test for a 'null image' using eg. img.isnull() >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> on with my trivial experiments... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 8:10:03 PM UTC jkn wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Has anyone played much with class QClipboard? I did a couple of >>>>>>>>> trivial experiments but I must be misunderstanding something. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> for instance, QClipboard.image() returns a non-null value even if >>>>>>>>> the clipboard does not contain an image. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> J^n >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 4:33:23 PM UTC tbp1...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It turns out that to get the relative path conversion w have to >>>>>>>>>> remove any quotation marks around the path before running >>>>>>>>>> os.relpath(). So >>>>>>>>>> the script becomes: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> """Insert RsT code at cursor to display an image. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The path to the image file will come from a file dialog. >>>>>>>>>> This action is undoable. >>>>>>>>>> """ >>>>>>>>>> PATH = g.app.gui.runOpenFileDialog(c, >>>>>>>>>> title="Import File", >>>>>>>>>> filetypes=[("All files", "*"),], >>>>>>>>>> defaultextension=".*", >>>>>>>>>> multiple=False) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> if PATH: >>>>>>>>>> from os.path import relpath >>>>>>>>>> PATH = PATH.replace('"', '').replace("'", '') >>>>>>>>>> PATH = relpath(PATH) >>>>>>>>>> PATH = PATH.replace('\\', '/') >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> IMAGE_TEMPLATE = f''' >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> .. figure:: {PATH} >>>>>>>>>> :scale: 50% >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ''' >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> w = c.frame.body.wrapper >>>>>>>>>> p = c.p >>>>>>>>>> s = p.b >>>>>>>>>> u = c.undoer >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> start, _ = w.getSelectionRange() >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> undoType = 'insert-rst-image-code' >>>>>>>>>> undoData = u.beforeChangeNodeContents(p) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> head, tail = s[:start], s[start:] >>>>>>>>>> p.b = head + IMAGE_TEMPLATE + tail >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> c.setChanged() >>>>>>>>>> p.setDirty() >>>>>>>>>> u.afterChangeNodeContents(p, undoType, undoData) >>>>>>>>>> c.redraw() >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 2:04:19 PM UTC-5 Thomas Passin >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> We can't directly insert an image into a standard Leo node >>>>>>>>>>> because they are text-only. I find this very annoying sometimes, >>>>>>>>>>> especially when I am writing a note and want to include an image. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> But we can do the next best thing - insert an ReStructuredText >>>>>>>>>>> (RsT) instruction to display an image so that we can view it with >>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>> viewrendered3 plugin (VR3). The instruction is short and easy, but >>>>>>>>>>> it's >>>>>>>>>>> still annoying to type and I usually forget the exact details. I >>>>>>>>>>> have a >>>>>>>>>>> button that toggles VR3 on and off so that it's easy to view an >>>>>>>>>>> embedded >>>>>>>>>>> image once the RsT instruction is there. An embedding command would >>>>>>>>>>> make >>>>>>>>>>> embedding with Leo as easy as embedding an image in a word >>>>>>>>>>> processor. >>>>>>>>>>> Aha, this is Leo, let's write a script! >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Here is a script that pops up a file dialog and inserts a >>>>>>>>>>> relative path to the chosen file. There are several small >>>>>>>>>>> variations which >>>>>>>>>>> I discuss after the code. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> """Insert RsT code at cursor to display an image. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> The path to the image file will come from a file dialog. >>>>>>>>>>> This action is undoable. >>>>>>>>>>> """ >>>>>>>>>>> PATH = g.app.gui.runOpenFileDialog(c, >>>>>>>>>>> title="Import File", >>>>>>>>>>> filetypes=[("All files", "*"),], >>>>>>>>>>> defaultextension=".*", >>>>>>>>>>> multiple=False) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> if PATH: >>>>>>>>>>> from os.path import relpath >>>>>>>>>>> PATH = relpath(PATH) >>>>>>>>>>> PATH = PATH.replace('\\', '/').replace('"', '').replace("'", >>>>>>>>>>> '') >>>>>>>>>>> IMAGE_TEMPLATE = f''' >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> .. figure:: {PATH} >>>>>>>>>>> :scale: 50% >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> ''' >>>>>>>>>>> w = c.frame.body.wrapper >>>>>>>>>>> p = c.p >>>>>>>>>>> s = p.b >>>>>>>>>>> u = c.undoer >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> start, _ = w.getSelectionRange() >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> undoType = 'insert-rst-image-code' >>>>>>>>>>> undoData = u.beforeChangeNodeContents(p) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> head, tail = s[:start], s[start:] >>>>>>>>>>> p.b = head + IMAGE_TEMPLATE + tail >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> c.setChanged() >>>>>>>>>>> p.setDirty() >>>>>>>>>>> u.afterChangeNodeContents(p, undoType, undoData) >>>>>>>>>>> c.redraw() >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Variations: >>>>>>>>>>> 1. If you want an absolute path instead of a relative path, >>>>>>>>>>> delete the lines >>>>>>>>>>> from os.path import relpath >>>>>>>>>>> PATH = relpath(PATH) >>>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> 2. If you want to get the path from the clipboard instead of a >>>>>>>>>>> file dialog, replace the lines >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> PATH = g.app.gui.runOpenFileDialog(c, >>>>>>>>>>> title="Import File", >>>>>>>>>>> filetypes=[("All files", "*"),], >>>>>>>>>>> defaultextension=".*", >>>>>>>>>>> multiple=False) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> with the line >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> PATH = g.app.gui.getTextFromClipboard() >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> 3. If you want the embedded image to be full width instead of >>>>>>>>>>> 50%, delete the line >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> :scale: 50% >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> 4. You can make this work with Markdown or Asciidoc by using >>>>>>>>>>> their embedding instruction in the TEMPLATE instead of the RsT one. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I have added the command to my own local menu. VR3 can open in >>>>>>>>>>> a tab in the log pane; the command for toggling in a tab is >>>>>>>>>>> *vr3-toggle-tab. * I usually like opening it in the log pane >>>>>>>>>>> instead of in its own separate pane. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> If you would like to create a local menu of your own and don't >>>>>>>>>>> know how, it's easy. Just ask and I'll show what to add to >>>>>>>>>>> myLeoSettings,leo. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/a24a069b-d2d4-43cc-a2eb-7735788ca73an%40googlegroups.com.
