Merge pull request #13 from RandomCoderOrg/clipboard-exp

Clipboard feature for termux-x11

Author: AnninoDr4

install.sh

@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ if [ -f main.py ]; then
     }
 fi
 
+# Clipboard watcher service
+cp utils/clipboard_watcher.service /lib/systemd/system/clipboard_watcher.service || {
+    die "Failed to install clipboard_watcher.service"
+}
+
 if [ -f main.sh ]; then
     cp -v main.sh /usr/share/udroid/ || {
         die "Failed to copy main.sh"

main.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def vnc_mode(port=1,mode="start",xstartup=os.getenv('HOME')+"/.vnc/xstartup"):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser =  optparse.OptionParser()
+    parser.add_option("--clipboard-service", action="store_true", dest="clipboard_service", default=False, help="Start clipboard service")
     parser.add_option("--upgrade"   ,action="store_true", default=False, help="Installs update if found updates")
     parser.add_option("--upgrade-check",action="store_true", default=False, help="check for updates")
     parser.add_option("--startvnc"  ,action='store_true', default=False, help="Start VNC on port")
@@ -42,4 +43,6 @@ def vnc_mode(port=1,mode="start",xstartup=os.getenv('HOME')+"/.vnc/xstartup"):
         from utils.upgrade import *
         upgrade_check()
         sys.exit(0)
-    
+    if options.clipboard_service:
+        from utils.clipboard_watcher import *
+        start_clipboard_service()

main.sh

@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ case $(echo "$0" | cut -d "/" -f 4) in
     "udroid-upgrade-check")
         python3 /usr/share/udroid/main.py --upgrade-check
     ;;
+    "clipboard-service")
+        python3 /usr/share/udroid/main.py --clipboard-service
 esac

utils/clipboard_watcher.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import os
+import time
+
+CLIPBOARD_BUFFER_FILE = "/tmp/clipboard"
+
+
+def start_clipboard_service():
+    """
+    watch if clipboard buffer file has changed
+    if true, then pipe content buffer to xclip
+    """
+    buffer = os.popen(f"cat {CLIPBOARD_BUFFER_FILE}").read().strip()
+
+    # check is xclip installed
+    _xclip = os.popen("which xclip").read().strip()
+    if _xclip is None:
+        print("xclip not found")
+        os.exit(1)
+
+    while os.getenv('DISPLAY') is not None:
+        time.sleep(0.4)
+        if os.path.exists(CLIPBOARD_BUFFER_FILE):
+            if buffer != os.popen(f"cat {CLIPBOARD_BUFFER_FILE}").read().strip():
+                os.system(
+                    f"cat {CLIPBOARD_BUFFER_FILE} | xclip -selection clipboard")
+                buffer = os.popen(
+                    f"cat {CLIPBOARD_BUFFER_FILE}").read().strip()
+        else:
+            print("clipboard buffer file not found")
+            os.exit(1)

utils/clipboard_watcher.service

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description="clipboard broaker for termux-x11"
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory="/usr/share/udroid"
+ExecStart="bash /usr/share/udroid/main.sh --clipboard-service"
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target