#373 fix: paste a copied image as the image, not its address

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Originally created by: kristofferR

In WebKit (macOS and Linux), "Copy Image" puts the picture on the clipboard together with its address, as plain text and as an <img> in HTML. Pasting that into Messenger's composer inserted the URL instead of attaching the picture.

A capture-phase paste listener now checks composer pastes: when the paste is image files plus nothing but their address, it is cancelled and re-sent with the picture alone (through the same transfer helper share intake uses). Every other paste, including text with links, screenshots and mixed content, passes through untouched. The decision is a pure function with unit tests.

Idea from fMess (MIT).

Manual check still needed: copy an image in Safari or from a page and paste it into a conversation on macOS and Linux.

Ref [#361]

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Ticket changed by: kristofferR

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