clipmenu

commit c5f101d996a6ef47a0ee1764bdc1ca8e16547724
parent 3e50f9460ab6a019e160142a51d09b6b7bb74b73
Author: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Date:   Sat,  5 Nov 2016 12:05:22 -0600

Use -o when running xsel

xsel` without `-o` even though it has the same *end* result, has
different internal logic. Specifically, it seems to do things with the
PRIMARY selection that cause weird behaviour (like causing applications
like urxvt to deselect their selection, see #33).

Diffstat:
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clipmenud
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4
++--

1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/clipmenud b/clipmenud
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ while sleep "${CLIPMENUD_SLEEP:-0.5}"; do
 
         if type -p xsel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             debug 'Using xsel'
-            data=$(xsel --"$selection"; printf x)
+            data=$(xsel -o --"$selection"; printf x)
             # Take ownership of the clipboard, in case the original application
             # is unable to serve the clipboard request (due to being suspended,
             # etc).
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ while sleep "${CLIPMENUD_SLEEP:-0.5}"; do
             # sometimes act up if clipboard focus is taken away from them --
             # for example, urxvt will unhilight text, which is undesirable.
             if [[ $selection != primary ]]; then
-                xsel --"$selection" | xsel -i --"$selection"
+                xsel -o --"$selection" | xsel -i --"$selection"
             fi
         else
             debug 'Using xclip'