esc

Externally Scriptable Editor

git clone git://mccd.space/esc

commit e51fda723d45058942f28fd5e81edb66e9a2299e
parent ec21c9cab3d96e53c1a678576770a3d33dd3297d
Author: Marc Coquand <marc@coquand.email>
Date:   Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:19:37 +0100

test out the new clipboard changes

Diffstat:
M
main.c
 | 
28
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++-

1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ void handle_events(Editor *ed, SDL_Renderer *renderer, float *scroll_x,
 		   bool *is_dragging) {
 	SDL_Event event;
 	char *cmd;
+	static char *last_primary_selection = NULL;
 
 	if (SDL_WaitEvent(&event)) {
 		do {
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ void handle_events(Editor *ed, SDL_Renderer *renderer, float *scroll_x,
 						if (SDL_HasPrimarySelectionText()) {
 							char *text =
 							    SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText();
+							SDL_Log("Got primary selection: %s", text ? text : "(null)");
 							if (text) {
 								editor_insert_text(
 								    ed, text,
@@ -277,9 +279,33 @@ void handle_events(Editor *ed, SDL_Renderer *renderer, float *scroll_x,
 		if (editor_has_selection(ed)) {
 			char *sel = editor_get_selection(ed);
 			if (sel) {
-				SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText(sel);
+				// Only update primary selection if it changed
+				bool selection_changed = (last_primary_selection == NULL || 
+				                        strcmp(last_primary_selection, sel) != 0);
+				
+				if (selection_changed) {
+					SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText(sel);
+					SDL_Log("Set primary selection: %s", sel);
+					
+					// Also try to set it using wl-copy as a fallback for external tools
+					char cmd[1024];
+					snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "wl-copy --primary '%s'", sel);
+					unix_exec_command(cmd, NULL);
+					
+					// Update the last selection
+					if (last_primary_selection) {
+						free(last_primary_selection);
+					}
+					last_primary_selection = strdup(sel);
+				}
 				free(sel);
 			}
+		} else {
+			// No selection, clear the last selection
+			if (last_primary_selection) {
+				free(last_primary_selection);
+				last_primary_selection = NULL;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }