tvl-depot/emacs/.emacs.d/wpc/clipboard.el
William Carroll 52d284f59d Remove assertions that prelude/executable-exists?
I'm in the midst of transitioning onto a few new tools.

My previous workflow just used `nix-env` to install *some* packages. I didn't
have a prescribed methodology for which packages I would install using `nix-env`
and which ones I would install using `sudo apt-get install`. Sometimes if a
package would be available in my aptitude repositories, I'd use that; other
times when it wasn't available I'd use `nix-env`. One complication about being
on gLinux intead of NixOS is that some packages (e.g. nixpkgs.terminator) is
available via `nix-env -iA nixpkgs.terminator`, but the installation won't
actually run on my gLinux. In these instances, I would install terminator from
the aptitude repositories.

Then @tazjin introduced me to his Emacs configuration that he builds using
Nix. What appealed to me about his built Emacs is that it worked as expected on
either a NixOS machine and on gLinux (and presumably on other non-NixOS machines
as well).

A setup towards which I'm working is to own one or a few NixOS machines whose
configurations are entirely managed with Nix. On devices like my work machines,
which cannot run NixOS, I can build as much of the software that I need using
Nix and attempt to minimize the ad hoc configuration either with shell scripts,
python, golang, or more Nix code... it's clear that I still don't have a clear
idea of how that part will work.

For now, I'm adopting nix, nix-env, lorri, direnv, and weening off of aptitude
as much as I can. Things are a bit messy, but my general trend feels
positive. Stay tuned for more updates.
2020-02-07 11:01:24 +00:00

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;;; clipboard.el --- Working with X11's pasteboard -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
;; Author: William Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com>
;;; Commentary:
;; Simple functions for copying and pasting.
;;
;; Integrate with bburns/clipmon so that System Clipboard can integrate with
;; Emacs's kill-ring.
;;
;; Wish list:
;; - Create an Emacs integration with github.com/cdown/clipmenud.
;;; Code:
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;; Dependencies
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(require 'prelude)
(require 'ivy-clipmenu)
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;; Library
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(cl-defun clipboard/copy (x &key (message "[clipboard.el] Copied!"))
"Copy string, X, to X11's clipboard."
(kill-new x)
(message message))
(cl-defun clipboard/paste (&key (message "[clipboard.el] Pasted!"))
"Paste contents of X11 clipboard."
(yank)
(message message))
(defun clipboard/contents ()
"Return the contents of the clipboard as a string."
(substring-no-properties (current-kill 0)))
(provide 'clipboard)
;;; clipboard.el ends here