[Gimp-user] Copy png to clipboard via gimp-console

[pUlI <forums gimpusers com>]

Thanks for the response. It was helpful!

> That can't work. Big objects such as images are not copied to the 
> clipboard (on Linux and AFAIK also on Windows). When you copy an image
> the clipboard only contains a message that allows the receiving
> process
> to connect to the source process and get the data directly form it. In
> your case, since Gimp exits immediately after copying the data, the 
> receiving process cannot connect to it.
>
> Try this:
>
>  * Start another application (word processor)
>  * Open an image in Gimp
>  * Copy to clipboard (Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C)
> * Back to the word processor: Ctrl-V to copy the image: it should
> work
>  * Ctrl-V to copy the image a second time: it should work
>  * Close the Gimp image window (but keep Gimp up)
>  * Ctrl-V to copy the image a third time: it should work
>  * Close Gimp completely
> * Ctrl-V to copy the image a fourth time: it won't work, because
> Gimp
>    is no longer here to service it.
>
> On a side note, having batch process use the clipboard is treacherous;
> while they run you cannot do anything on your system since they could 
> overwrite what you put in the clipboard.

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