FR: Base64 text encode/decode - native functions and/or text Filters

Questions & Suggestions
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Simple feature suggestion:

Add native text processing functions to encode and decode Base64 text. Could also add these alongside existing text Filter macro actions.

I know there's multiple ways to skin that cat - bash scripts etc. can be used (I wrote a swift script to do this in KM) but it could be faster if done natively as KM functions, and seems broadly useful (along side HTML and JSON functions, for example).

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Why do you need this?

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/usr/bin/base64 is installed by the system, so someone could easily write a Plug In Action for it if desired.

I could add a filter for it I suppose, but I'm not sure there is enough need for it to be worthwhile.

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Fair enough, my use cases are edge cases but thought I would make the suggestion any way.

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Base64 Conversion Macro (v9.0.5)

Meanwhile, assuming usr/bin/base64 exists as Peter points out, this macro will convert a selected image into the base64 text and also build an HTML page to display it. (Oddly named for my imaging palette.)

92)Base64 Conversion.kmmacros (5.3 KB)

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`say -v Federica "Fatto!"`;

Dio, mi sono innamorato di Federica :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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I know the feeling :grinning:.

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