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Forum for English speaking Miranda NG users => Support/Help => Topic started by: riki on 10 11 2015, 16:56:04

Title: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: riki on 10 11 2015, 16:56:04: Hello, is there any plugin that will download and let me see images linked in the messages? I would like it especially for whatsapp plugin, some groups/chat rooms have lots of linked images and it's tiring to click, go to the browser, maybe save etc.

Thanks, as usual, for the great help these forums provide! ;D
Title: Re: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: Robyer on 10 11 2015, 17:51:55: Probably IEView plugin with proper template. But I'm not sure if it support group chats...
Title: Re: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: riki on 13 11 2015, 18:12:45: Thanks, Robyer. Unfortunately I don't use IEView. I even deleted most IE components from my system! I hoped there would be something using Miranda Image Services.
Title: Re: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: Vulpix on 13 11 2015, 20:33:38: Quote from: riki on 13 11 2015, 18:12:45
Thanks, Robyer. Unfortunately I don't use IEView. I even deleted most IE components from my system! I hoped there would be something using Miranda Image Services.

IEView works even if you delete/uninstall internet explorer (via windows components).

The way your request works would be by using a BBcode ( [ img ][ /img ] ), so I still think it's not exactly what you're looking for - because I assume the whatsapp groups don't use such tags to link images.

I would like to say however that your request could be potentially dangerous. It's been proven many times that you can paste a .jpg or .png link and instead you're getting a video, sound; in worse cases an executable.

Sorry to rain on your parade a bit ^_^;
Title: Re: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: riki on 13 11 2015, 23:48:47: You do have a point about security, Vulpix.

Yes, it's not enclosed in BBcode, so no use trying IEView anyway I guess. Hm, it would be trivial to get Bbcode via rewriting rules, e.g., in a scripting engine with even rudimentary regexp-like matching, if we had one. Or do we?

Come to think of it, we could also fence off security attacks by only matching specific filename patterns and feeding the file only to specific handlers anyway - let the jpg viewer "play" that exe file! I guess it won't look pretty, but it will do little harm.
Title: Re: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: Vulpix on 14 11 2015, 06:27:15: We actually do have one - MirLua. Give it a go? :o
Title: Re: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: riki on 18 11 2015, 17:31:39: I'll look into it. Thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: riki on 01 12 2015, 22:38:26: I don't know any lua, but I think I could learn what's needed. Problem is, I don't see a way for lua to interact with message display (to show pictures). The forum discussion here is all in Russian... beyond me. Any idea where I could look for info/ask questions?
Title: Re: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: riki on 18 01 2016, 20:37:30: Still no progress. I think I'm giving up on this at least until I find some documentation to study. I am subscribed to this topic, so I will get to read replies even fairly far in the future.
Title: Re: Auto downloading/showing linked pictures: any plugin?
Post by: Robyer on 20 01 2016, 19:52:20: There is no other way than by using IEView (and it's pretty easy with it).

* One other way would be to hack SmileyAdd somehow, but you need programming skills and I'm not sure whether it will be simply possible anyway.
* Another way (for you) would be to rewrite IEView to use e.g. Firefox's (Gecko) or Chrome's web rendering core (Webkit). Bug again, you need someone to rewrite it and it may need big amount of time and dedication.