clipboard.go

package main

import (
	"io"
	"os/exec"
	"runtime"

	"github.com/stretto-editor/gocui"
)

func copy() error {
	//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10781516/how-to-pipe-several-commands-in-go
	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" || runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
		return nil
	}
	c1 := exec.Command("xclip", "-o")
	c2 := exec.Command("xclip", "-i", "-selection", "c")
	r, w := io.Pipe()
	c1.Stdout = w
	c2.Stdin = r

	if err := c1.Start(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := c2.Start(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := c1.Wait(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := c2.Wait(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func paste(v *gocui.View) error {
	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
		return nil
	}
	out, err := exec.Command("xclip", "-o", "-selection", "c").Output()
	s := string(out)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	for _, r := range s {
		if rune(r) == '\n' {
			v.EditNewLine()
		} else {
			v.EditWrite(rune(r))
		}
	}
	return nil
}