clipman/storer.go
2019-09-16 20:38:39 +02:00

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Go

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
}