clipmenu

commit fe6986110197aa73f22fdcbc4f4991f8350ee8b3
parent 47eb3d182c22e4ab2584562ef9dd215df43796dd
Author: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Date:   Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:11:35 +0000

Make sure we don't break #34 in new pre-ownership

Diffstat:
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clipmenud
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5
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1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/clipmenud b/clipmenud
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ while true; do
         # Primary is excluded from the change of ownership as applications
         # sometimes act up if clipboard focus is taken away from them --
         # for example, urxvt will unhilight text, which is undesirable.
-        _xsel -o --clipboard | _xsel -i --clipboard
+        #
+        # We need to check if the clipboard is empty to mitigate #34.
+        data=$(_xsel -o --clipboard; printf x)
+        [[ $data != x ]] && _xsel -i --clipboard <<< "${data%x}"
     fi
 
     if ! (( CM_ONESHOT )); then