clipman/selector.go
2019-09-16 20:49:54 +02:00

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2.4 KiB
Go

package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
"os/exec"
"strconv"
"strings"
)
func selector(history []string, max int, tool string) (string, error) {
if len(history) == 0 {
log.Fatal("No history available")
}
// don't modify in-place!
tmp := make([]string, len(history))
copy(tmp, history)
// reverse the history
for i, j := 0, len(history)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
tmp[i], tmp[j] = tmp[j], tmp[i]
}
selected, err := dmenu(tmp, max, tool)
return selected, err
}
func dmenu(list []string, max int, tool string) (string, error) {
if tool == "-" {
escaped, _ := preprocessHistory(list, false)
os.Stdout.WriteString(strings.Join(escaped, "\n"))
return "", nil
}
bin, err := exec.LookPath(tool)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("%s is not installed", tool)
}
var args []string
switch tool {
case "dmenu":
args = []string{"dmenu", "-b",
"-fn",
"-misc-dejavu sans mono-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-m-0-iso8859-16",
"-l",
strconv.Itoa(max)}
case "rofi":
args = []string{"rofi", "-dmenu",
"-lines",
strconv.Itoa(max)}
default:
return "", fmt.Errorf("Unsupported tool")
}
escaped, guide := preprocessHistory(list, true)
input := strings.NewReader(strings.Join(escaped, "\n"))
cmd := exec.Cmd{Path: bin, Args: args, Stdin: input}
selected, err := cmd.Output()
if err != nil {
if err.Error() == "exit status 1" {
// dmenu exits with this error when no selection done
return "", nil
}
return "", err
}
trimmed := selected[:len(selected)-1] // drop newline added by dmenu
sel, ok := guide[string(trimmed)]
if !ok {
return "", fmt.Errorf("couldn't recover original string; please report this bug along with a copy of your clipman.json")
}
return sel, nil
}
func preprocessHistory(list []string, cutting bool) ([]string, map[string]string) {
// dmenu will break if items contain newlines, so we must pass them as literals.
// however, when it sends them back, we need a way to restore them
var escaped []string
guide := make(map[string]string)
for _, original := range list {
repr := fmt.Sprintf("%#v", original)
max := len(repr) - 1 // drop right quote
// dmenu will split lines longer than 1200 something; we cut at 400 to spare memory
if cutting {
maxChars := 400
if max > maxChars {
max = maxChars
}
}
repr = repr[1:max] // drop left quote
guide[repr] = original
escaped = append(escaped, repr)
}
return escaped, guide
}