Recognize images dropped into the clipboard as such.

services/clipboard/typeregistry.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 from gettext import gettext as _
+import urlparse
+import posixpath
 
 class FileType:
     def __init__(self, formats):
@@ -201,14 +203,32 @@ class UriListFileType(FileType):
     
     _types = set(['text/uri-list'])
 
+    def _is_image(self):
+        uris = self._formats['text/uri-list'].get_data().split('\n')
+        if len(uris) == 1:
+            uri = urlparse.urlparse(uris[0])
+            ext = posixpath.splitext(uri.path)[1]
+            logging.debug(ext)
+            # FIXME: Bad hack, the type registry should treat text/uri-list as a special case.
+            if ext in ['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif', '.png', '.svg']:
+                return True
+        
+        return False
+
     def get_name(self):
-        return _('text/uri-list')
+        if self._is_image():
+            return _('Image')
+        else:
+            return _('File')
 
     def get_icon(self):
-        return 'theme:stock-missing'
+        if self._is_image():
+            return 'theme:object-image'
+        else:
+            return 'theme:stock-missing'
 
     def get_preview(self):
-        return 'preview'
+        return ''
 
     def get_activity(self):
         return ''

shell/view/frame/clipboardbox.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import shutil
 import os
 import logging
+import urlparse
 
 import hippo
 import gtk
@@ -79,15 +80,19 @@ class ClipboardBox(hippo.CanvasBox):
 
         cb_service = clipboardservice.get_instance()
         if selection.type == 'text/uri-list':
+            uris = selection.data.split('\n')
+            if len(uris) > 1:
+                raise NotImplementedError('Multiple uris in text/uri-list still not supported.')
+            uri = urlparse.urlparse(uris[0])
+            path, file_name = os.path.split(uri.path)
+
             # Copy the file, as it will be deleted when the dnd operation finishes.
-            file_path = selection.data.replace('file://', '')
+            new_file_path = os.path.join(path, 'cb' + file_name)
-            new_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.split(file_path)[0],
+            shutil.copyfile(uri.path, new_file_path)
-                                         "cb" + os.path.split(file_path)[1])
-            shutil.copyfile(file_path, new_file_path)
 
             cb_service.add_object_format(object_id, 
                                          selection.type,
-                                         'file://' + new_file_path,
+                                         uri.scheme + "://" + new_file_path,
                                          on_disk=True)
         else:
             cb_service.add_object_format(object_id,