Implemented program that reads X PRIMARY selection

Hopefully, this can act as a base for the FUSE.

3 files changed, 83 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+clipfs
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic
+CFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags xcb xcb-util xcb-icccm`
+LDLIBS += `pkg-config --libs xcb xcb-util xcb-icccm`
+
+all: clipfs
+
+clipfs:
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.o clipfs
+
+.PHONY: all clean
diff --git a/clipfs.c b/clipfs.c
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+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <xcb/xcb.h>
+#include <xcb/xcb_icccm.h>
+#include <xcb/xcb_util.h>
+
+xcb_connection_t * c;
+xcb_screen_t * s;
+xcb_window_t w;
+
+const uint32_t mask = XCB_CW_OVERRIDE_REDIRECT | XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK;
+const uint32_t values[] = {1, XCB_EVENT_MASK_PROPERTY_CHANGE};
+
+xcb_atom_t get_atom(xcb_connection_t *, const char *);
+
+int main(int argc, char ** argv)
+{
+	(void) argc;
+	(void) argv;
+	c = xcb_connect(NULL, NULL);
+	s = xcb_setup_roots_iterator(xcb_get_setup(c)).data;
+	w = xcb_generate_id(c);
+	xcb_atom_t TARGET_PROPERTY = get_atom(c, "_TARGET_SELECTION");
+	xcb_atom_t UTF8_STRING = get_atom(c, "UTF8_STRING");  // TODO: Actually, focus on "rawest" format at first.
+	xcb_create_window(
+		c, XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT, w, s->root, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT, s->root_visual, mask, values);
+	// TODO-maybe: Look for the selection owner first?
+	xcb_convert_selection(c, w, XCB_ATOM_PRIMARY, UTF8_STRING, TARGET_PROPERTY, XCB_CURRENT_TIME);
+	xcb_flush(c);
+	xcb_generic_event_t * e;
+	int done = 0;  // TODO: Look into continuous notifications?
+	while (!done)
+	{
+		e = xcb_wait_for_event(c);
+		if (NULL == e) break;
+		if (XCB_SELECTION_NOTIFY != XCB_EVENT_RESPONSE_TYPE(e))
+		{
+			free(e);
+			continue;
+		}
+		xcb_selection_notify_event_t * n = (xcb_selection_notify_event_t *) e;
+		if (XCB_ATOM_PRIMARY == n->selection && XCB_NONE != n->property)
+		{
+			xcb_icccm_get_text_property_reply_t prop;
+			xcb_get_property_cookie_t cookie = xcb_icccm_get_text_property(c, n->requestor, n->property);
+			if (xcb_icccm_get_text_property_reply(c, cookie, &prop, NULL))
+			{
+				printf("%.*s\n", prop.name_len, prop.name);
+				xcb_icccm_get_text_property_reply_wipe(&prop);
+				xcb_delete_property(c, n->requestor, n->property);
+				done = 1;
+			}
+		}
+		free(e);
+	}
+	xcb_disconnect(c);
+}
+
+xcb_atom_t get_atom(xcb_connection_t * c, const char * name)
+{
+	xcb_intern_atom_cookie_t cookie = xcb_intern_atom(c, 0, strlen(name), name);
+	xcb_intern_atom_reply_t * reply = xcb_intern_atom_reply(c, cookie, NULL);
+	xcb_atom_t atom = reply->atom;
+	free(reply);
+	return atom;
+}