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Add xt() and xtt() for typing clipboard out with xdotool

Useful in places where keyboard shortcut is not available, such as
primary clipboard in in almost all GUI applications.
Alois Mahdal 1 month ago
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      dotfiles/config/bashum/main.bashrc
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      dotfiles/config/i3/macros/xt.dash

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dotfiles/config/bashum/main.bashrc View File

@@ -511,6 +511,29 @@ xop() {
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         *)  return 2 ;;
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     esac
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 }
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+xt() {
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+    #
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+    # Type out selection clipboard content using xdotool
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+    #
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+    local stime=${1:-3}
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+    local body
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+    snore "$stime"
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+    body=$(xo)
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+    xdotool type "$body"
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+}
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+
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+xtt() {
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+    #
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+    # Type out C-C clipboard content using xdotool
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+    #
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+    local stime=${1:-3}
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+    local body
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+    snore "$stime"
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+    body=$(xoo)
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+    xdotool type "$body"
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+}
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+
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 xdl() {
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     #
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     # Download URL from primary clipboard to path $1

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+#!/bin/bash
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+
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+
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+fixnl () {
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+    local arg=$1;
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+    local cache;
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+    local nlcount;
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+    local lastchr;
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+    local single=keep;
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+    case $arg in 
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+        -c | --chop-single)
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+            single=chop
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+        ;;
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+    esac;
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+    cache="$(mktemp -t fixnl.XXXXXXXX)";
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+    cat > "$cache";
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+    nlcount=$(<"$cache" wc -l);
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+    lastchr=$(<"$cache" tail -c1 | hexdump -e '"%02x"');
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+    case $nlcount:$lastchr:$single in 
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+        0:??:*)
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+            cat "$cache"
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+        ;;
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+        1:0a:chop)
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+            head -c -1 "$cache"
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+        ;;
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+        1:0a:keep)
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+            cat "$cache"
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+        ;;
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+        *:0a:*)
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+            cat "$cache"
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+        ;;
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+        *:??:*)
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+            cat "$cache";
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+            echo
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+        ;;
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+    esac;
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+    rm "$cache"
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+}
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+main () { 
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+    local body;
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+    body="$(xclip -o)"
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+    declare -p body >~/body.declare
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+    echo -n "$body" | hexdump -C >~/body.hexdump
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+    sleep 0.5s
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+    xdotool type "$body"
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+}
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+
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+main "$@"