clipmenu

commit a613aa6b2e00e9328cd5a35f336a00881f3f174c
parent 065e91a5fc0cd8cd811d7f734d3ec999f701f294
Author: Streetwalrus Einstein <streetwalrus@codewalr.us>
Date:   Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:01:22 +0300

Don't take ownership of PRIMARY, comment about this behavior

Diffstat:
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clipmenud
 | 
9
+++++++--

1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/clipmenud b/clipmenud
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@ while sleep "${CLIPMENUD_SLEEP:-0.5}"; do
     for selection in clipboard primary; do
         if type -p xsel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             data=$(xsel --"$selection"; printf x)
-            xsel --"$selection" | xsel -i --"$selection"
+            # Take ownership of clipboard, in case the original application is
+            # unable to serve the clipboard request
+            # Exclude primary from this behavior in order not to mess with the owner
+            [[ $selection != "primary" ]] && xsel --"$selection" | xsel -i --"$selection"
         else
             data=$(xclip -o -sel "$selection"; printf x)
-            xclip -o -sel "$selection" | xclip -i -sel "$selection"
+            # See above
+            [[ $selection != "primary" ]] && xclip -o -sel "$selection" | \
+                xclip -i -sel "$selection"
         fi
 
         # We add and remove the x so that trailing newlines are not stripped.