yank-media ¶Org mode supports drag and drop (DnD) of files. By default, Org asks
the user what must be done with the dropped file: attach it, insert
‘file:’ link, or open the file. Customize org-yank-dnd-method to
set the default DnD action.
When DnD method is “attach”, Org mode first consults DnD metadata to decide the attach method. For example, when file/files are dragged from a file manager, Org may attach by copying or by moving.
If Org cannot figure out which attachment method to use from the
metadata, it defaults to org-yank-dnd-default-attach-method 168
Starting from Emacs 29, Org mode supports yank-media command to yank
images from the clipboard and files from a file manager.
When yanking images from clipboard, Org saves the image on disk and
inserts the image link to Org buffer. Images are either saved as
attachments to heading (default) or to a globally defined directory.
The save location is controlled by org-yank-image-save-method.
The yanked images are saved under automatically generated name. You
can customize org-yank-image-file-name-function to make Org query
the image names or change the naming scheme.
When yanking files copied from a file manager, Org respects the value
of org-yank-dnd-method. Image files pasted this way also respect
the value of org-yank-image-save-method when the action to perform
is ‘attach’.
By
default, org-yank-dnd-default-attach-method is set to nil – use the same
value as org-attach-method (cp by default).