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;;; clipboard.el --- Working with X11's pasteboard -*- lexical-binding: t -*-

;; Author: William Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com>
;; Version: 0.0.1
;; URL: https://git.wpcarro.dev/wpcarro/briefcase
;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.3"))

;;; Commentary:
;; Simple functions for copying and pasting.
;;
;; Integrate with bburns/clipmon so that System Clipboard can integrate with
;; Emacs's kill-ring.
;;
;; Wish list:
;; - Create an Emacs integration with github.com/cdown/clipmenud.

;;; Code:

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(cl-defun clipboard-copy (x &key (message "[clipboard.el] Copied!"))
  "Copy string, X, to X11's clipboard."
  (kill-new x)
  (message message))

(cl-defun clipboard-paste (&key (message "[clipboard.el] Pasted!"))
  "Paste contents of X11 clipboard."
  (yank)
  (message message))

(defun clipboard-contents ()
  "Return the contents of the clipboard as a string."
  (substring-no-properties (current-kill 0)))

(provide 'clipboard)
;;; clipboard.el ends here