Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@ahonn
Created April 30, 2019 13:53
Show Gist options
  • Save ahonn/32d129428c9213ccf0c29a42c6aa714f to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save ahonn/32d129428c9213ccf0c29a42c6aa714f to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
clipboard = hs.chooser.new(function (choice)
if choice then
hs.pasteboard.setContents(choice.content)
hs.eventtap.keyStroke({ "cmd" }, "v")
end
end)
local history = {}
function addHistoryFromPasteboard()
local contentTypes = hs.pasteboard.contentTypes()
local item = {}
for index, uti in ipairs(contentTypes) do
if uti == "public.utf8-plain-text" then
local text = hs.pasteboard.readString()
item.text = string.gsub(text, "[\r\n]+", " ")
item.content = text;
break
end
end
table.insert(history, 1, item)
end
local preChangeCount = hs.pasteboard.changeCount()
local watcher = hs.timer.new(0.5, function ()
local changeCount = hs.pasteboard.changeCount()
if preChangeCount ~= changeCount then
addHistoryFromPasteboard()
preChangeCount = changeCount
end
end)
watcher:start()
hs.hotkey.bind({ "cmd", "shift" }, "v", function ()
clipboard:choices(history)
clipboard:show()
end)
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment