Replace timer with eventtap

[asharpe]

is possible, but the timer option is better because of apps like iTerm that copy directly to the clipboard without the user pressing cmd+c

In any case, here's the code that hooks into cmd+c

local in_copy = false
local copy = hs.eventtap.new({hs.eventtap.event.types.keyDown, hs.eventtap.event.types.keyUp}, function (event)
   if event:getCharacters() == 'c' and event:getFlags().cmd then
      if event:getType() == hs.eventtap.event.types.keyDown then
         in_copy = true
      else
         if in_copy then
            in_copy = false
            just_copied = hs.pasteboard.getContents()
            hs.printf('just copied ' .. just_copied)
         end
      end
   end
end
copy:start()

Thanks for sharing your code, much appreciated :)

[irliao]

@asharpe your solution worked perfectly, thank you so much!