From 65cc7726f316139c3af98627decbd5b015ed2df4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 23:33:58 +0200 Subject: Deal with klipper and new lines. --- password-store.sh | 22 +++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/password-store.sh b/password-store.sh index 7b8c838..8882d5f 100755 --- a/password-store.sh +++ b/password-store.sh @@ -45,9 +45,25 @@ isCommand() { esac } clip() { - before="$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)" - echo "$1" | xclip -selection clipboard - (sleep 45s; echo "$before" | xclip -selection clipboard) & disown + # This base64 business is a disgusting hack to deal with newline inconsistancies + # in shell. There must be a better way to deal with this, but because I'm a dolt, + # we're going with this for now. + + before="$(xclip -o -selection clipboard | base64)" + echo -n "$1" | xclip -selection clipboard + ( + sleep 5s + now="$(xclip -o -selection clipboard | base64)" + if [[ $now != $(echo -n "$1" | base64) ]]; then + before="$now" + fi + # It might be nice to programatically check to see if klipper exists, + # as well as checking for other common clipboard managers. But for now, + # this works fine. Clipboard managers frequently write their history + # out in plaintext, so we axe it here. + qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.clearClipboardHistory >/dev/null 2>&1 + echo "$before" | base64 -d | xclip -selection clipboard + ) & disown echo "Copied $2 to clipboard. Will clear in 45 seconds." } -- cgit v1.2.3