add file/image paste to the Claude composer via native clipboard

Flutter's clipboard is text-only and tmux/send-keys carry text only, so
a pasted file or image must reach Claude as an @path reference (per the
T-134 spike). A native clide/clipboard MethodChannel reads the non-text
clipboard: GTK (gtk_clipboard_wait_for_image/uris) on Linux, NSPasteboard
on macOS. The composer overrides PasteTextIntent — Ctrl/Cmd+V resolves a
file path or writes a clipboard image to a cache dir, inserts the @path,
and falls back to plain-text paste otherwise. No new package dependency.

macOS handler is written but unverified on this Linux box — needs a build
on a Mac. Linux path builds and is covered by tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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co-authored by Claude Opus 4.7
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@@ -64,5 +64,35 @@ class AppDelegate: FlutterAppDelegate {
result(FlutterMethodNotImplemented)
}
}
// T-138: native clipboard image/file reads. Flutter's built-in
// clipboard is text-only; the composer turns a pasted file or image
// into a Claude `@path` reference, which needs the non-text pasteboard
// contents read here.
let clipboardChannel = FlutterMethodChannel(
name: "clide/clipboard",
binaryMessenger: flutterVC.engine.binaryMessenger)
clipboardChannel.setMethodCallHandler { (call, result) in
let pasteboard = NSPasteboard.general
switch call.method {
case "readImage":
if let image = NSImage(pasteboard: pasteboard),
let tiff = image.tiffRepresentation,
let rep = NSBitmapImageRep(data: tiff),
let png = rep.representation(using: .png, properties: [:]) {
result(FlutterStandardTypedData(bytes: png))
} else {
result(nil)
}
case "readFiles":
let urls = pasteboard.readObjects(
forClasses: [NSURL.self],
options: [.urlReadingFileURLsOnly: true]) as? [URL] ?? []
result(urls.map { $0.path })
default:
result(FlutterMethodNotImplemented)
}
}
}
}