clipboard to image file

bin/clip2img

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+../files/clip2img

files/clip2img

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import pygtk,gtk,os,sys
+pygtk.require('2.0')
+from argparse import ArgumentParser 
+
+
+def write_image(f):
+    
+    clipboard = gtk.clipboard_get()
+    image = clipboard.wait_for_image()
+    if image==None:
+        sys.stderr.write("No image in clipboard!\n")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    image.save(f, type_str(f))
+
+def type_str(f):
+    filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext(f.lower())
+    file_extension=file_extension[1:]
+    if file_extension=="jpg":
+        return 'jpeg'
+    if file_extension=="tif":
+        return 'tiff'
+   
+    return file_extension
+
+parser=ArgumentParser(description="Write image from clipboard to image file. Extension jpg/png/tif/ico/bmp.")
+parser.add_argument('image', action="store")
+opts=parser.parse_args()
+
+if (os.path.exists(opts.image)):
+    sys.stderr.write("Image already exists!\n")
+    sys.exit(1)
+write_image(opts.image);