package main import ( "encoding/json" "io/ioutil" "log" "os/exec" ) func store(text string, history []string, histfile string, max int, persist bool) { if text == "" { return } l := len(history) if l > 0 { if history[l-1] == text { return } 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) } } return } 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 write(history []string, histfile string) error { histlog, err := json.Marshal(history) if err != nil { return err } err = ioutil.WriteFile(histfile, histlog, 0644) return err }