pi-image-paths: attach dropped image paths and draw them in the chat
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A screenshot is normally sent to pi as a path, so the model gets its text and
the reader gets nothing: pi renders image blocks in tool results but never on
user messages. This extension closes both halves — the path collapses to
"[Image #N]" as you type or on send, and the picture is drawn below the sent
message.

The rewrite is a terminal-input listener that re-reads a settled editor, joins
word by word for paths with unescaped spaces, and reports a path that does not
exist instead of eating the prompt. The drawing appends a custom session entry
carrying the message's image blocks, one macrotask after message_end so it lands
below the message pi persists afterwards, and renders it with pi-tui's inline
image component under terminal.showImages and terminal.imageWidthCells. Entries
stay out of the model context, so each image is still sent to the model once.

Tests: npm test (21, node:test over a stand-in for pi: rewrite, send-time
attachment, missing paths, append gate, renderer gating) and npm run typecheck.

Co-Authored-By: nw-flash-flex <noreply@freno.me>
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{
"name": "@mikefreno/pi-image-paths",
"version": "0.1.0",
"description": "Image file paths in pi's chat input become attached images — the path collapses to a marker as you type, and the picture is drawn below the sent message.",
"keywords": [
"pi-package",
"pi-extension",
"images",
"screenshot",
"drag-and-drop",
"tui"
],
"author": "Michael Freno",
"license": "MIT",
"homepage": "https://git.freno.me/Mike/pi-image-paths",
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": "git+https://git.freno.me/Mike/pi-image-paths.git"
},
"bugs": {
"url": "https://git.freno.me/Mike/pi-image-paths/issues"
},
"files": [
"index.ts",
"README.md",
"LICENSE"
],
"scripts": {
"test": "JITI_ALIAS='{\"@earendil-works/pi-tui\":\"/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent/node_modules/@earendil-works/pi-tui/dist/index.js\"}' node /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent/node_modules/jiti/lib/jiti-cli.mjs index.test.ts",
"typecheck": "tsc -p ."
},
"pi": {
"extensions": [
"./index.ts"
]
},
"peerDependencies": {
"@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent": "*",
"@earendil-works/pi-tui": "*"
},
"publishConfig": {
"access": "public"
}
}