org-ros - Rahul's Org-mode Screenshot

My implementation for "how do I copy-paste images into an org file?" issue.

ros is invoked with M-x org-ros RET, it waits for your selection, takes a screenshot and saves it as orgfileopened.org_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss.png.

It then adds a link into your org file and turns ON display-inline-images showing you your image.

Requirements

• Linux: scrot (for taking screenshots);
• MacOS: screencapture (built-in for Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey...)
• Emacs: 24.1

Install

org-ros is available on MELPA.

Alternatively, you can download org-ros.el, copy this file to a folder, like ~/.emacs.d/org-ros/, and add to your .emacs file:

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-ros/")
(require 'org-ros)

Usage

Use M-x org-ros RET, select the part of the screen you want to screenshot, and a picture file should be created and linked into your document.

Screenshot

Here it's what it does.