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authorWilliam Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com>2020-01-15T19·55+0000
committerWilliam Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com>2020-01-17T10·56+0000
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tree797c759ceaa928975801c8f8551efb2f1eb30771 /configs
parentd45debc8e5905fa7f4d94d7c27ee510b2901567e (diff)
Begin supporting Emacs client for clipmenu
After a few weeks of having this idea in the back of my mind, I began supporting
an ivy interface to clipmenu. I tried clipmon.el for awhile, but it wasn't as
good as clipmenu in my experience. To get the best of both worlds, I'm
attempting to write an Emacs client for clipmenu! Stay tuned for more updates.

If I open source this, which I'd like to, I'll need to answer a few questions:
- How should I handle libraries like my prelude.el?
- How can I eject this from my mono-repo and dotfiles?

See the TODOs scattered throughout the module for an idea of the remaining
work. I'd estimate that there's about one to three more hours of work.
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+;;; clipmenu.el --- Emacs client for clipmenu -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
+;; Author: William Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com>
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;; Ivy integration with the excellent program, clipmenu.
+;;
+;; clipmenu is a simple clipboard manager xsel. Usually clipmenu integrates with
+;; dmenu.  This Emacs module integrates with ivy.  Launch this when you want to
+;; select a clip.
+;;
+;; The following environment variables allow you to customize clipmenu's
+;; behavior:
+;;
+;; - CM_DIR: specify the base directory to store the cache dir in
+;;   (default: $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, $TMPDIR, or /tmp)
+;; - CM_HISTLENGTH: specify the number of lines to show in ivy. (default: 8)
+;;
+;; Other variables for customizing clipmenu are defined herein.
+;;
+;; For more information, see `clipmenu --help`.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+;; TODO: Support an ivy action of deleting an entry from clipmenu.
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; Dependencies
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+(require 'f)
+(require 's)
+(require 'dash)
+
+(prelude/assert
+ (prelude/executable-exists? "clipmenud"))
+
+(prelude/assert
+ (prelude/executable-exists? "clipmenu"))
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; Variables
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+;; TODO: Remove this if you're publishing it.
+(defcustom clipmenu/install-kbds? t
+  "When t, install the keybindings defined herein")
+
+(defcustom clipmenu/directory
+  (or (getenv "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
+      (getenv "TMPDIR")
+      "/tmp")
+  "Base directory for clipmenu data.")
+
+(defconst clipmenu/major-version 5
+   "The major version number for clipmenu.")
+
+(defconst clipmenu/cache-directory
+  (f-join clipmenu/directory
+          (format "clipmenu.%s.%s"
+                  clipmenu/major-version
+                  (getenv "USER")))
+  "Directory where the clips are stored.")
+
+(defconst clipmenu/cache-file-pattern
+  (f-join clipmenu/cache-directory "line_cache_*")
+  "Glob pattern matching the locations on disk for clipmenu's labels.")
+
+(defcustom clipmenu/history-length
+  (or (getenv "CM_HISTLENGTH") 20)
+  "Limit the number of clips in the history.
+This value defaults to 20.")
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; Functions
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+;; TODO: Ensure the clips are sorted in a LRU order.
+;; TODO: Ensure entries are deduped.
+;; TODO: Ensure multiline entries can be handled.
+(defun clipmenu/list-clips ()
+  "Return a list of the content of all of the clips."
+  (->> clipmenu/cache-file-pattern
+       f-glob
+       (-map (lambda (path)
+               (->> path f-read (s-split "\n"))))
+       -flatten
+       (-sort (lambda (a b)
+                (> (->> a (s-split " ") (nth 0) string-to-number)
+                   (->> b (s-split " ") (nth 0) string-to-number))))
+       (-map (lambda (entry)
+               (->> entry (s-split " ") (nth 1))))
+       ;; TODO: Here we should actually only be deleting adjacent
+       ;; duplicates. This will be both faster and more similar to the behavior
+       ;; of the clipmenu program the author wrote.
+       delete-dups
+       (-take clipmenu/history-length)))
+
+;; TODO: Add tests.
+(defun clipmenu/escape-quotes (x)
+  "Escape double and single quotes in X."
+  (->> x
+       (s-replace "\"" "\\\"")
+       (s-replace "'" "\\'")))
+
+;; TODO: Properly handle errors when the file doesn't exist.
+(defun clipmenu/line-to-clip (line)
+  "Map the chosen LINE to a clip stored on disk."
+  (->> line
+       clipmenu/cksum
+       (f-join clipmenu/cache-directory)
+       f-read
+       clipboard/copy))
+
+;; TODO: Consider supporting :history keyword.
+;; TODO: Ensure ivy maintains the sort from `clipmenu/list-clips'.
+;; TODO: Ensure you can handle special characters like:
+;; r}_rh,pmj~kCR.<5w"PUk#Z^>.
+;; TODO: Consider adding tests.
+(defun clipmenu/ivy-copy ()
+  "Use `ivy-read' to select and copy a clip."
+  (interactive)
+  (ivy-read "Clipmenu: "
+            (clipmenu/list-clips)
+            :action #'clipmenu/line-to-clip))
+
+;; TODO: Delete this once `clipmenu/ivy-copy' is working as expected.
+;; TODO: Use this to compare behavior with `clipmenu/ivy-copy'. These functions
+;; should behave in almost exactly the same way.
+(defun clipmenu/dmenu-copy ()
+  "Call clipmenu with dmenu as the client."
+  (interactive)
+  (prelude/start-process
+   :name "clipboard/select"
+   :command "clipmenu"))
+
+;; TODO: Write a faster alternative because this currently takes 1/2s to run,
+;; which is ridiculous. Perhaps `call-process' is what we need.
+(defun clipmenu/cksum (content)
+  "Return the CRC checksum of CONTENT."
+  (->> (shell-command-to-string
+        (format "zsh -c 'cksum <<<\"%s\"'"
+                ;; TODO: I'm not sure this is working as intended.
+                (clipmenu/escape-quotes content)))
+       s-trim-right))
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; Keybindings
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+(when clipmenu/install-kbds?
+  ;; TODO: Delete this once `clipmenu/ivy-copy' is working as expected.
+  (exwm-input-set-key
+   (kbd "C-M-S-v") #'clipmenu/dmenu-copy)
+  (exwm-input-set-key
+   (kbd "C-M-v") #'clipmenu/ivy-copy))
+
+(provide 'clipmenu)
+;;; clipmenu.el ends here