Created script to manipulate X selections.

2 files changed, 39 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/clipboardUtils.sh b/clipboardUtils.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8504ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clipboardUtils.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Manipulate the X selection
+# Dependencies: dmenu, xsel
+
+options="Show selections\nReplicate selections\nWrite to selection"
+target="$(echo -e "$options" | dmenu -l 3 -i -p "~ Clipboard utils ~")"
+[ "$target" = "" ] && exit 0
+case "$target" in
+	"Show selections") notify-send "Clipboard: [$(xsel -bo)]
+Primary: [$(xsel -po)]
+Secondary: [$(xsel -so)]" ;;
+	"Replicate selections")
+		fromSelection="$(echo -e "Clipboard\nPrimary\nSecondary" | dmenu -l 3 -i -p "From selection:")"
+		[ "$fromSelection" = "" ] && exit 0
+		case "$fromSelection" in
+			"Clipboard") fromOption=b ;;
+			"Primary")  fromOption=p ;;
+			"Secondary") fromOption=s ;;
+		esac
+		toSelection="$(echo -e "Clipboard\nPrimary\nSecondary" | dmenu -l 3 -i -p "To selection:")"
+		[ "$toSelection" = "" ] && exit 0
+		case "$toSelection" in
+			"Clipboard") toOption=b ;;
+			"Primary")  toOption=p ;;
+			"Secondary") toOption=s ;;
+		esac
+		xsel -"$fromOption"o | xsel -"$toOption"i && notify-send "Copied [$(xsel -"$toOption"o)] from $fromSelection to $toSelection." ;;
+	"Write to selection")
+		selectedSelection="$(echo -e "Clipboard\nPrimary\nSecondary" | dmenu -l 3 -i -p "Write to which selection?")"
+		textToWrite="$(dmenu -p "Text to write to $selectedSelection:")"
+		[ "$textToWrite" = "" ] && exit 0
+		case "$selectedSelection" in
+			"Clipboard") echo "$textToWrite" | xsel -bi ;;
+			"Primary")  echo "$textToWrite" | xsel -pi ;;
+			"Secondary") echo "$textToWrite" | xsel -si ;;
+		esac
+		notify-send "Written [$textToWrite] to $selectedSelection." ;;
+esac
diff --git a/notification.sh b/notification.sh
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index 99ad0f4..0000000
--- a/notification.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-chosen=myselection
-pgrep -x dunst && notify-send "$chosen mynotif."