feat: support Linux Wayland clipboard via wl-clipboard#10
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Pre: only X11 was supported (xclip). Modern Ubuntu/Fedora/etc. default
to Wayland sessions where xclip silently fails — clipboard detection
quietly no-op'd for ~50% of Linux users.
Now: detect session type via XDG_SESSION_TYPE / WAYLAND_DISPLAY and
dispatch to the right tool:
- Wayland: 'wl-paste --type image/png' for read,
'wl-copy --trim-newline' for write (stdin in both cases)
- X11: existing 'xclip -selection clipboard' code path
Startup warnings are session-aware: a Wayland session missing
wl-clipboard prints the wl-clipboard install hint; an X11 session
missing xclip prints the xclip hint. No more cross-tool confusion.
The Linux env tag in the daemon banner now reads 'Linux (Wayland)'
or 'Linux (X11)' so users can tell which path they're on at a glance.
README updated accordingly.
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Phase 5 'big' item #3 of 3.
What
XDG_SESSION_TYPE/WAYLAND_DISPLAYwl-paste --type image/png(read) +wl-copy(write)xclipcode path, unchangedWhy
Modern Ubuntu/Fedora/etc. default to Wayland; xclip silently fails there. ~50% of Linux users were getting silent clipboard no-ops before this change.