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{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
{- |
Module : XMonad.Util.XSelection
Copyright : (C) 2007 Andrea Rossato, Matthew Sackman
License : BSD3
Maintainer : Gwern Branwen <gwern0@gmail.com>
Stability : unstable
Portability : unportable
A module for accessing and manipulating X Window's mouse selection (the buffer used in copy and pasting).
'getSelection' is an adaptation of Hxsel.hs and Hxput.hs from the XMonad-utils, available:
> $ darcs get <http://gorgias.mine.nu/repos/xmonad-utils>
-}
module XMonad.Util.XSelection ( -- * Usage
-- $usage
getSelection,
promptSelection,
safePromptSelection,
transformPromptSelection,
transformSafePromptSelection) where
import Control.Exception.Extensible as E (catch,SomeException(..))
import Control.Monad (liftM, join)
import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
import XMonad
import XMonad.Util.Run (safeSpawn, unsafeSpawn)
import Codec.Binary.UTF8.String (decode)
{- $usage
Add @import XMonad.Util.XSelection@ to the top of Config.hs
Then make use of getSelection or promptSelection as needed; if
one wanted to run Firefox with the selection as an argument (perhaps
the selection string is an URL you just highlighted), then one could add
to the xmonad.hs a line like thus:
> , ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_b), promptSelection "firefox")
Future improvements for XSelection:
* More elaborate functionality: Emacs' registers are nice; if you
don't know what they are, see <http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Registers.html#Registers> -}
-- | Returns a String corresponding to the current mouse selection in X;
-- if there is none, an empty string is returned.
--
-- WARNING: this function is fundamentally implemented incorrectly and may, among other possible failure modes,
-- deadlock or crash. For details, see <http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=573>.
-- (These errors are generally very rare in practice, but still exist.)
getSelection :: MonadIO m => m String
getSelection = io $ do
dpy <- openDisplay ""
let dflt = defaultScreen dpy
rootw <- rootWindow dpy dflt
win <- createSimpleWindow dpy rootw 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
p <- internAtom dpy "PRIMARY" True
ty <- E.catch
(E.catch
(internAtom dpy "UTF8_STRING" False)
(\(E.SomeException _) -> internAtom dpy "COMPOUND_TEXT" False))
(\(E.SomeException _) -> internAtom dpy "sTring" False)
clp <- internAtom dpy "BLITZ_SEL_STRING" False
xConvertSelection dpy p ty clp win currentTime
allocaXEvent $ \e -> do
nextEvent dpy e
ev <- getEvent e
result <- if ev_event_type ev == selectionNotify
then do res <- getWindowProperty8 dpy clp win
return $ decode . map fromIntegral . fromMaybe [] $ res
else destroyWindow dpy win >> return ""
closeDisplay dpy
return result
{- | A wrapper around 'getSelection'. Makes it convenient to run a program with the current selection as an argument.
This is convenient for handling URLs, in particular. For example, in your Config.hs you could bind a key to
@promptSelection \"firefox\"@;
this would allow you to highlight a URL string and then immediately open it up in Firefox.
'promptSelection' passes strings through the system shell, \/bin\/sh; if you do not wish your selected text
to be interpreted or mangled by the shell, use 'safePromptSelection'. safePromptSelection will bypass the
shell using 'safeSpawn' from "XMonad.Util.Run"; see its documentation for more
details on the advantages and disadvantages of using safeSpawn. -}
promptSelection, safePromptSelection, unsafePromptSelection :: String -> X ()
promptSelection = unsafePromptSelection
safePromptSelection app = join $ io $ liftM (safeSpawn app . return) getSelection
unsafePromptSelection app = join $ io $ liftM unsafeSpawn $ fmap (\x -> app ++ " " ++ x) getSelection
{- | A wrapper around 'promptSelection' and its safe variant. They take two parameters, the
first is a function that transforms strings, and the second is the application to run.
The transformer essentially transforms the selection in X.
One example is to wrap code, such as a command line action copied out of the browser
to be run as @"sudo" ++ cmd@ or @"su - -c \""++ cmd ++"\""@. -}
transformPromptSelection, transformSafePromptSelection :: (String -> String) -> String -> X ()
transformPromptSelection f app = join $ io $ liftM (safeSpawn app . return) (fmap f getSelection)
transformSafePromptSelection f app = join $ io $ liftM unsafeSpawn $ fmap (\x -> app ++ " " ++ x) (fmap f getSelection)
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