def isEnabled():
return canStart() and execGet('gsettings', 'get', 'org.gnome.GPaste',
'track-changes') == 'true'
def getHistory():
# The only separator options are zero bytes and line breaks.
# Line breaks are very likely to be in the actual clipboard entries, so we can't use that.
# Zero bytes are less likely, but would not be my first choice.
return execGet('sh', '-c', "{0} $({0} get-history) --raw --zero".format(client)).split('\x00')
def getHistory():
# Clipster uses a json log file. However the default config is to defer/collect writes
# so we have to call the client to get the latest
return execGet(client, '--output', '--clipboard', '--number', '0',
'--delim', delim).split(delim)
# This can't be easily tested though. The conf dir can vary
return True
def start():
if not isRunning():
subprocess.Popen([client, '-d'])
def getHistory():
# Clipster uses a json log file. However the default config is to defer/collect writes
# so we have to call the client to get the latest
return execGet(client, '--output', '--clipboard', '--number', '0',
'--delim', delim).split(delim)
# Download and prepare binary
if not canStart():
# If there's no local client, fetch it
urllib.urlretrieve(binUrl, client)
# Force it to use Python2 (otherwise it crashes if run from Ulauncher)
# Using env in the shebang makes the process name "python2" instead of Clipster
# I'm sure there's a better way, but until then...
pythonBinary = execGet(
'sh', '-c',
'env python2 -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write(sys.executable)"')
subprocess.call(
['sed', '-i', '1s|.*|#\\!{}|'.format(pythonBinary), client])
# Make it executable
os.chmod(client, 0o755)
def getHistory():
# CopyQ uses QT's JS implementation for scripting, which doesn't support modern JS
script = "history = []; for (var ind = 0; ind < size(); ind += 1) { history.push(str(read(ind))); }; JSON.stringify(history)"
return json.loads(execGet(client, 'eval', script))
def isEnabled():
# activated and configured to sync clipboard
# The "Auto" option detection logic will disfavor copyq when not running because it will show as disabled
return isRunning() and execGet(client, 'eval', 'monitoring() && config("check_clipboard")') == 'true'