clipman/demon.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"os/exec"
	"time"
)

func write(history []string, histfile string) error {
	histlog, err := json.Marshal(history)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	err = ioutil.WriteFile(histfile, histlog, 0644)

	return err
}

func filter(history []string, text string) []string {
	var (
		found bool
		idx   int
	)

	for i, el := range history {
		if el == text {
			found = true
			idx = i
			break
		}
	}

	if found {
		// we know that idx can't be the last element, because
		// we never get to call this function if that's the case
		history = append(history[:idx], history[idx+1:]...)
	}

	return history
}

func listen(history []string, histfile string, persist bool, max int) {
	for {
		t, err := exec.Command("wl-paste", "-n", "-t", "text").CombinedOutput()
		if err != nil {
			// wl-paste exits 1 if there's no selection (e.g., when running it at OS startup)
			if string(t) != "No selection\n" {
				log.Printf("Error running wl-paste: %s", t)
			}
			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
			continue
		}

		text := string(t)

		if text == "" {
			// there's nothing to select, so we sleep.
			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
			continue
		}

		l := len(history)

		if l > 0 {
			// wl-paste will always give back the last copied text
			// (as long as the place we copied from is still running)
			if history[l-1] == text {
				time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
				continue
			}

			if l >= max {
				// usually just one item, but more if we reduce our --max-items value
				history = history[l-max+1:]
			}

			// remove duplicates
			history = filter(history, text)
		}

		history = append(history, text)

		// dump history to file so that other apps can query it
		if err := write(history, histfile); err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("Fatal error writing history: %s", err)
		}

		if persist {
			// make the copy buffer available to all applications,
			// even when the source has disappeared
			if err := exec.Command("wl-copy", []string{"--", text}...).Run(); err != nil {
				log.Printf("Error running wl-copy: %s", err)
			}
		}
	}
}