> > > > Is there any way to directly paste an image from a Windows clipboard into an elog entry page?  It's obvious
> > > > for uploading a file, but many of my users say that they never make a file, they just want to paste in an image
> > > > already onscreen.
> > > 
> > > This is a limitation of the FCKEditor used inside ELOG, and actually of the whole browser concept under Windows. 
> > > There are some extensions to Firefox which let your paste an image as an attachment, but none for doing this right 
> > > into the text body. For some discussion about this have a look at
> > > 
> > > http://forums.developer.mindtouch.com/showthread.php?t=188
> > > 
> > > for example.
> > 
> > Hmmm.  Well, does that mean that it is easier under Linux?  I have to confess I couldn't figure that out either.  But
> > I'd be delighted to have Yet Another Reason to tell the users that "it works under Linux, maybe you should switch...."  
> 
> I'm not sure, but I doubt that it would work under Linux. It's a general security issue: If your browser has free access to 
> your clipboard, then what happens if you for example copy-and-paste a password in some application, then forget your password 
> in the clipboard, then you surf to a malicious website, and a script on that site grabs your clipboard contents? This would 
> be a severe security hole on ANY operating system.

Hi there,

In a linux installation straight out of the box, I can cut-and-paste text from the mailer program (a stand-alone one called
XCmail), from an xterm or similar into elog with no trouble.  I've not tried an image, I just attach them as I use plain encoding.
 Don't know how it would work if it were on a properly secure linux box.