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Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix

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Re: Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix

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Post by DeathArrow »

albert_e wrote: post #18

Why are we emotionally tied to command line interfaces Desktop apps are a second class citizen that do not get feature parity Lot of actions on Claude Code seem much more suited for a thoughtfully designed GUI Even the chat responses and links therein can benefit from judicious use of rich text and formatting and real hyperlinks to other parts of the UI or elsewhere Favourite Skills can be toolbar buttons or menus if…

>Why are we emotionally tied to command line interfaces

Being a power user, having used computers for more than 30 years, I usually prefer GUI because that's an evolution over CLI.

Going from the basic interpreter on ZX Spectrum to the command line in MS DOS had me mesmerized. Going from the DOS CLI to Windows 95 GUI, had me me mesmerized, too.

I think people in general consider themselves more pro and "hackers" if they use CLI and editors like Vi and Emacs.

There are bonus points for memorizing hundreds of different keyboard shortcuts and not using the mouse at all.

If they absolutely have to use GUI, they not use a desktop environment in Linux but a stacking window manager.

Re: Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix

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Post by kstenerud »

albert_e wrote: post #18

Why are we emotionally tied to command line interfaces Desktop apps are a second class citizen that do not get feature parity Lot of actions on Claude Code seem much more suited for a thoughtfully designed GUI Even the chat responses and links therein can benefit from judicious use of rich text and formatting and real hyperlinks to other parts of the UI or elsewhere Favourite Skills can be toolbar buttons or menus if…

I do love GUIs, and use them for most of my workflow. But for Claude, I definitely prefer the CLI.

Since it's a CLI app, I can wrap it in yoloAI for the sandbox protection, and also use VS Code's tunneling feature to reach that sandboxed workdir (with permissions safely bypassed) through my GUI.

https://freeimage.host/i/screenshot-2026-05-19-at-141349.ByS...

Re: Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix

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Post by oneneptune »

albert_e wrote: post #18

Why are we emotionally tied to command line interfaces Desktop apps are a second class citizen that do not get feature parity Lot of actions on Claude Code seem much more suited for a thoughtfully designed GUI Even the chat responses and links therein can benefit from judicious use of rich text and formatting and real hyperlinks to other parts of the UI or elsewhere Favourite Skills can be toolbar buttons or menus if…

idk I just like running 6/8 terminal panes and organizing my workflows / projects in an exact space. I even tweaked my theme. and seeing them all on my side portrait monitor.

Re: Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix

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Post by aninteger »

pjmlp wrote: post #24
albert_e wrote: post #18

Why are we emotionally tied to command line interfaces Desktop apps are a second class citizen that do not get feature parity Lot of actions on Claude Code seem much more suited for a thoughtfully designed GUI Even the chat responses and links therein can benefit from judicious use of rich text and formatting and real hyperlinks to other parts of the UI or elsewhere Favourite Skills can be toolbar buttons or menus if…

I really don't get it. Started using computers when that was the only affordable way to use computers. For some reason, some people really love to live in 1970's with their expensive HiDPI monitors.

And some of us love to live in the 1970s with cheap non-HiDPI monitors (or maybe it's just me).

Re: Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix

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Post by benjamincburns »

kstenerud wrote: post #32
albert_e wrote: post #18

Why are we emotionally tied to command line interfaces Desktop apps are a second class citizen that do not get feature parity Lot of actions on Claude Code seem much more suited for a thoughtfully designed GUI Even the chat responses and links therein can benefit from judicious use of rich text and formatting and real hyperlinks to other parts of the UI or elsewhere Favourite Skills can be toolbar buttons or menus if…

I do love GUIs, and use them for most of my workflow. But for Claude, I definitely prefer the CLI. Since it's a CLI app, I can wrap it in yoloAI for the sandbox protection, and also use VS Code's tunneling feature to reach that sandboxed workdir (with permissions safely bypassed) through my GUI. https://freeimage.host/i/screenshot-2026-05-19-at-141349.ByS...

But can you paste an image into it?

I have a similar setup, but I access it directly via iTerm2 instead of VS Code's terminal. I've figured out the right terminal settings to get copying/pasting text to work (including with neovim's + register), but not images. Would be nice to paste images, though. Currently I have to SCP them over.

Re: Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix

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Post by thehours »

Only tangentially related, but does anyone know if it is possible to ‘paste’ images to an agent harness running inside a docker container?

My current workaround is to paste it inside the working directory on the host machine, then @ reference it, but would be nice to streamline that workflow.

Re: Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix

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Post by TZubiri »

fragmede wrote: post #11
TZubiri wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not a bug, pasting images into the terminal is not supported, do not do this, that's not what the terminal is for or how it is used. The standard way is to pass the path of a file to the program as a runtime parameter or in some config file. Terminals are not alternative web browsers/graphical application sandboxes.

Sixel came out in the 80's as a way to print on dot matrix printers. If your terminal doesn't support that yet, you might want to look into updating your software.

Counterpoint: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302319

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

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