What is in your Mathematica tool bag? [closed]

Answer 1

This code makes a palette that uploads the selection to Stack Exchange as an image. On Windows, an extra button is provided that gives a more faithful rendering of the selection.

Copy the code into a notebook cell and evaluate. Then pop out the palette from the output, and install it using Palettes -> Install Palette...

If you have any trouble with it, post a comment here. Download the notebook version here.

---

Begin["SOUploader`"];

Global`palette = PaletteNotebook@DynamicModule[{},

   Column[{
     Button["Upload to SE",
      With[{img = rasterizeSelection1[]},
       If[img === $Failed, Beep[], uploadWithPreview[img]]],
      Appearance -> "Palette"],

     If[$OperatingSystem === "Windows",

      Button["Upload to SE (pp)",
       With[{img = rasterizeSelection2[]},
        If[img === $Failed, Beep[], uploadWithPreview[img]]],
       Appearance -> "Palette"],

      Unevaluated@Sequence[]
      ]
     }],

   (* Init start *)
   Initialization :>
    (

     stackImage::httperr = "Server returned respose code: `1`";
     stackImage::err = "Server returner error: `1`";

     stackImage[g_] :=
      Module[
       {getVal, url, client, method, data, partSource, part, entity,
        code, response, error, result},

       getVal[res_, key_String] :=
        With[{k = "var " <> key <> " = "},
         StringTrim[

          First@StringCases[
            First@Select[res, StringMatchQ[#, k ~~ ___] &],
            k ~~ v___ ~~ ";" :> v],
          "'"]
         ];

       data = ExportString[g, "PNG"];

       JLink`JavaBlock[
        url = "http://stackoverflow.com/upload/image";
        client =
         JLink`JavaNew["org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient"];
        method =
         JLink`JavaNew[
          "org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod", url];
        partSource =
         JLink`JavaNew[
          "org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.\
ByteArrayPartSource", "mmagraphics.png",
          JLink`MakeJavaObject[data]@toCharArray[]];
        part =
         JLink`JavaNew[
          "org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.FilePart",
          "name", partSource];
        part@setContentType["image/png"];
        entity =
         JLink`JavaNew[
          "org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.\
MultipartRequestEntity", {part}, method@getParams[]];
        method@setRequestEntity[entity];
        code = client@executeMethod[method];
        response = method@getResponseBodyAsString[];
        ];

       If[code =!= 200, Message[stackImage::httperr, code];
        Return[$Failed]];
       response = StringTrim /@ StringSplit[response, "\n"];

       error = getVal[response, "error"];
       result = getVal[response, "result"];
       If[StringMatchQ[result, "http*"],
        result,
        Message[stackImage::err, error]; $Failed]
       ];

     stackMarkdown[g_] :=
      "![Mathematica graphics](" <> stackImage[g] <> ")";

     stackCopyMarkdown[g_] := Module[{nb, markdown},
       markdown = Check[stackMarkdown[g], $Failed];
       If[markdown =!= $Failed,
        nb = NotebookCreate[Visible -> False];
        NotebookWrite[nb, Cell[markdown, "Text"]];
        SelectionMove[nb, All, Notebook];
        FrontEndTokenExecute[nb, "Copy"];
        NotebookClose[nb];
        ]
       ];

     (* Returns available vertical screen space,
     taking into account screen elements like the taskbar and menu *)


     screenHeight[] := -Subtract @@
        Part[ScreenRectangle /. Options[$FrontEnd, ScreenRectangle],
         2];

     uploadWithPreview[img_Image] :=
      CreateDialog[
       Column[{
         Style["Upload image to the Stack Exchange network?", Bold],
         Pane[

          Image[img, Magnification -> 1], {Automatic,
           Min[screenHeight[] - 140, 1 + ImageDimensions[img][[2]]]},
          Scrollbars -> Automatic, AppearanceElements -> {},
          ImageMargins -> 0
          ],
         Item[
          ChoiceButtons[{"Upload and copy MarkDown"}, \
{stackCopyMarkdown[img]; DialogReturn[]}], Alignment -> Right]
         }],
       WindowTitle -> "Upload image to Stack Exchange?"
       ];

     (* Multiplatform, fixed-width version.
        The default max width is 650 to fit Stack Exchange *)
     rasterizeSelection1[maxWidth_: 650] :=
      Module[{target, selection, image},
       selection = NotebookRead[SelectedNotebook[]];
       If[MemberQ[Hold[{}, $Failed, NotebookRead[$Failed]], selection],

        $Failed, (* There was nothing selected *)

        target =
         CreateDocument[{}, WindowSelected -> False, Visible -> False,
           WindowSize -> maxWidth];
        NotebookWrite[target, selection];
        image = Rasterize[target, "Image"];
        NotebookClose[target];
        image
        ]
       ];

     (* Windows-only pixel perfect version *)
     rasterizeSelection2[] :=
      If[
       MemberQ[Hold[{}, $Failed, NotebookRead[$Failed]],
        NotebookRead[SelectedNotebook[]]],

       $Failed, (* There was nothing selected *)

       Module[{tag},
        FrontEndExecute[
         FrontEndToken[FrontEnd`SelectedNotebook[], "CopySpecial",
          "MGF"]];
        Catch[
         NotebookGet@ClipboardNotebook[] /.
          r_RasterBox :>
           Block[{},
            Throw[Image[First[r], "Byte", ColorSpace -> "RGB"], tag] /;
              True];
         $Failed,
         tag
         ]
        ]
       ];
     )
   (* Init end *)
   ]

End[];