Paste/drop images into the terminal as files (M1: local)#29
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Image bytes can't ride a PTY and a TUI agent CLI can't receive them, so (like cmux's drop-to-file) intercept the image client-side, write it to a temp PNG, and inject the file path as text. The agent's file-read tool opens the real file. - Ctrl+V: when the clipboard holds an image, read the texture, save /tmp/limux-drop-<uuid>.png, paste the shell-escaped path; falls through to normal text paste otherwise. - Drag-drop: a DropTarget for GdkTexture mirrors the same write-file-and-paste. Local only; SSH parity (write on the remote over ControlMaster) tracked in #28.
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Summary
M1 of the cmux-style image drop-to-file feature (#28): paste or drop an image into a terminal and it lands as a real file, with the path injected as text — so it works with TUI agent CLIs (Claude Code, Codex) that can't receive image bytes over a PTY.
What it does
/tmp/limux-drop-<uuid>.png, and paste the shell-escaped path. Falls through to normal text paste when there's no image.DropTargetforGdkTexturedoes the same write-file-and-paste-path.clipboard_formats_include_image,shell_escape_joined_bytes, the file-drop inject path).One file, +74 lines, on top of upstream
main.Scope
Local only. The file is written on the box running limux, so the path resolves for agents running locally. SSH parity (write the file on the remote over the existing connection / ControlMaster, like cmux) is the separate M2, tracked in #28 — the foreground-ssh-detection spike there already passed.
Test
/tmp/limux-drop-*.pngpath is pasted; the file exists and opens.Draft: pending local verification of the paste/drop UX.
Part of #28.