Macro for Copy/Paste Image in Tex file

Question

I am writing a document that has a lot of images which are basically extracts from other PDF's.

What I do now is to copy the image, paste it in MSPaint and then I save it in the path folder that I'm using for \includegraphics{path}.

Is there any way one can simply this extra work by copying the image and paste it directly into the editor from the clipboard? I'm sure there is no straight-forward way, but can there be any trick that would convert the path or the image to a \includegraphics command?

I have noticed that if one pastes an image which is in clipboard to the tex editor, nothing happens. Is there any way to at least convert that image to the file path?

I have drawn what I have in mind, but please correct me if I'm dreaming of unicorns:

Or does anyone know any faster way to do that? It sux when you have a lot of pictures.

EDIT: After reading the answers from Hamid I have realized that it is about setting up a Macro that:

1. Saves the image from the clipboard to a file
2. Reads the name and includes in a preset code (\begin{figure} \includegraphics{path_created_by_macro} \end{figure})
3. Writes this in the editor.

Answer 1

If you are working in Linux you can use a bash script like this:

#!/bin/bash
for f in `ls  ./myImageDIR/*.png;`
do
  echo '
  \begin{figure}
        \includegraphics{'$f'}
  \end{figure}' 
done

and, following the tips in: How to execute shell script from LaTeX?, compile the file test.tex:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\immediate\write18{./my-shell-script.sh > scriptoutput.tex}
\begin{document}
\input{scriptoutput.tex}
\end{document}

with the command line:

pdflatex -shell-escape -enable-write18 test.tex

If you need to add some text:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
text ...
\immediate\write18{./InsertOneImageLatex.sh  firstPicture}
\input{firstPicture.tex}
...other text...
\immediate\write18{./InsertOneImageLatex.sh  SecondPicture}
\input{SecondPicture.tex}
\end{document}

with InsertOneImageLatex.sh:

#!/bin/bash
echo '
\begin{figure}
        \includegraphics{'./myImageDIR/$1.png'}
\end{figure}' > $1.tex; 

Answer 2

You can use TeXstudio. Simply drag and drop the image into it. Also for the first time you may need to pre-set some parameters in the wizard.

If the number of images is very high. You may also write some script to import all the images at once using javascript in TeXstudio.

Answer 3

Extending the answer by Arianna Angeletti, if the images are in separate subfolders inside a parent folder, then the following bash script will create a text file with latex code for all images in each subfolder. This script must be executed inside the parent folder (the parent folder must not contain pictures itself). The latex for inserting images can be formatted as needed. The file names must not include spaces.

#!/bin/bash
#Find all directories in a parent folder
read -p "Enter image file extension (jpg, png, pdf, ...) " ext
DIRS=()
for i in * ; do 
  if [[ -d "$i" ]] && DIRS+=("$i") ; then
    echo "$i" 
  fi
done
# Create a latex code for each image in the subfolder 
#and write the latex code in a file figureFileNames.txt
for dir in "${DIRS[@]}" ; do
   arr=$(cd $dir && ls *.$ext) 
   for f in $arr;
    do
        postfix=".${ext}"
        f=$f
        f=${f%"$postfix"}
        echo '
        \begin{figure}
        \includegraphics{'$f'}
        \end{figure}' >> $dir/figureFileNames.txt
    done 
done