clipfix

clipfix.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

from pprint import pprint
from subprocess import run, PIPE
import csv

class Clip:
    def getText(self) -> str: ...
    def hasExistingHtml(self) -> bool: ...
    def setHtml(self, v: str): ...

class ClipX(Clip):
    def getText(self):
        textResult = run([
            'xclip', '-sel', 'clipboard', '-out'
        ], stdout=PIPE, check=True, encoding='utf-8')
        return textResult.stdout

    def hasExistingHtml(self):
        htmlResult = run([
            'xclip', '-sel', 'clipboard', '-out', '-target', 'text/html'
        ], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, check=False, encoding='utf-8')
        return (htmlResult.returncode == 0)

    def setHtml(self, v: str):
        run([
            'xclip', '-sel', 'clipboard', '-in', '-target', 'text/html'
        ], input=v, check=True, encoding='utf-8')

class ClipWay(Clip):
    def getText(self):
        return run([
            'wl-paste', '-t', 'text/plain'
        ], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, check=True, encoding='utf-8').stdout
    def hasExistingHtml(self):
        types = run(['wl-paste', '-l'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, check=True, encoding='utf-8').stdout.splitlines()
        return ('text/html' in types)
    def setHtml(self, v: str):
        run([
            'wl-copy', '-t', 'text/html'
        ], input=v, check=True, encoding='utf-8')


cl = ClipWay()
text = cl.getText()

if cl.hasExistingHtml():
    #there is an existing html selection
    print('Not touching existing html selection')
    #exit(1)

def c(ss):
    return ''.join(ss)

tsvReader = csv.reader(text.splitlines(), dialect='excel-tab')
textAsHtml = c([
    '<table>',
    *[f'<tr>{c(f"<td>{cell}</td>" for cell in row)}</tr>' for row in tsvReader],
    '</table>'
])

fixed = f'<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">{textAsHtml}'

print(fixed)

cl.setHtml(fixed)