python-clipboard-speaker

commit 08c1083719581ec279796a23be89544ffe14422b
parent 758d431d6ec51a7821444acf20e138cf0c952d2e
Author: Yuval Langer <yuval.langer@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jan 2022 02:17:21 +0200

Add clipboard type selection command line arguments.

Diffstat:
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CHANGELOG.md
 | 
6
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clipboard_speaker/clipboard_speaker.py
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44
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2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 2022-01-28
+
+Add the command line options `-p` (`--primary`) and `-b` (`--clipboard`).
+`--clipboard` for the ctrl-c kind of clipboard and `--primary` for the mouse
+selection kind of clipboard.
+
 ## 2021-11-27
 
 Turn it into a Python package by adding a setup.py and sticking the files into
diff --git a/clipboard_speaker/clipboard_speaker.py b/clipboard_speaker/clipboard_speaker.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+import argparse
 import os
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 
@@ -24,7 +26,35 @@ def get_words_per_minute() -> str:
             return DEFAULT_WORDS_PER_MINUTE
 
 
+def get_argparse_options():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
+
+    group.add_argument(
+        "-p",
+        "--primary",
+        help="Read the mouse selection kind of clipboard.",
+        action='store_true',
+    )
+
+    group.add_argument(
+        "-b",
+        "--clipboard",
+        help="Read the ctrl-c kind of clipboard.",
+        action='store_true',
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    print(args)
+
+    return args
+
+
 def main() -> None:
+    commandline_args = get_argparse_options()
+
     if not CLIPBOARD_SPEAKER_PATH.exists():
         CLIPBOARD_SPEAKER_PATH.mkdir(mode=500)
     words_per_minute = get_words_per_minute()
@@ -37,10 +67,16 @@ def main() -> None:
     fifo_read_file = os.open(FIFO_FILE_PATH, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK)
     fifo_write_file = os.open(FIFO_FILE_PATH, os.O_WRONLY)
 
-    Popen(
-        ["xsel", "-p"],
-        stdout=fifo_write_file,
-    )
+    if commandline_args.primary:
+        Popen(
+            ["xsel", "-p"],
+            stdout=fifo_write_file,
+        )
+    elif commandline_args.clipboard:
+        Popen(
+            ["xsel", "-b"],
+            stdout=fifo_write_file,
+        )
     os.close(fifo_write_file)
 
     if not PID_FILE_PATH.exists():