Module copypasta_ext::x11_fork

Like x11_clipboard, but forks to set contents.

This provider ensures the clipboard contents you set remain available even after your application exists, unlike X11ClipboardContext.

When setting the clipboard, the process is forked in which the clipboard is set. The fork is kept alive until the clipboard content changes, and may outlive your application.

Use the provided ClipboardContext type alias to use this clipboard context on supported platforms, but fall back to the standard clipboard on others.

Benefits

• Keeps contents in clipboard even after your application exists.

Drawbacks

• Set contents may not be immediately available, because they are set in a fork.
• Errors when setting the clipboard contents are not catched, the fork will panic set_contents will return no error.
• The fork might cause weird behaviour for some applications.

Examples

use copypasta_ext::prelude::*;
use copypasta_ext::x11_fork::X11ForkClipboardContext;

let mut ctx: X11ForkClipboardContext = X11ForkClipboardContext::new().unwrap();
println!("{:?}", ctx.get_contents());
ctx.set_contents("some string".into()).unwrap();

Use ClipboardContext alias for better platform compatability:

use copypasta_ext::prelude::*;
use copypasta_ext::x11_fork::ClipboardContext;

let mut ctx = ClipboardContext::new().unwrap();
println!("{:?}", ctx.get_contents());
ctx.set_contents("some string".into()).unwrap();

Structs

X11ForkClipboardContext

Like X11ClipboardContext, but forks to set contents.

Enums

Error

Represents X11 fork related error.

Type Definitions

ClipboardContext

Platform specific context.