I've long wanted to paste images into org-mode files as easy as one does with WYSIWYG editors. And today I figured out that you can do that with the org-download package and it's org-download-screenshot function! There was a helpful post at zzamboni.org that told how to do it on macOS. I adapted it to X and Wayland.
How to insert screenshots in Org documents on macOS
If you are using Wayland, install the wl-clipboard package. If you are using X, install the xclip page.
Then Install org-download and then use this config:
(use-package org-download
:after org
:defer nil
:custom
(org-download-method 'directory)
(org-download-image-dir "Images")
(org-download-heading-lvl nil)
(org-download-timestamp "%Y%m%d-%H%M%S_")
(org-image-actual-width 300)
:bind
("C-c k o d s" . org-download-screenshot)
:config
(require 'org-download)
(cond ((getenv "WAYLAND_DISPLAY")
;; check for Wayland first because of X on Wayland
(message "Wayland is here!")
(setq org-download-screenshot-method
"wl-paste > %s"))
((getenv "DISPLAY")
(message "X is here!")
(setq org-download-screenshot-method
"xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -o > %s"))
(t
(message "Neither X nor Wayland are available."))))
Here's an org-mode file I've just pasted some images into:
