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-rwxr-xr-xlclipd.lua4
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a39059..4bc01cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
# lclip
-a minimal clip manager in lua
+a minimal clip manager in lua.</br>
+This is technically just the back-end. I'm using dmenu as the front-end but it has its limitations.</br>
+```sh
+sqlite3 $(cat /tmp/lclipd_db_name) 'select content from lclipd;' | dmenu
+```
## TODO
-Use sqlite instead of hand-rolling a file.</br>
+* The DB permissions are not being taken care of.</br>
+* This doesn't support wayland yet.</br>
diff --git a/lclipd.lua b/lclipd.lua
index 1e339ae..031ff78 100755
--- a/lclipd.lua
+++ b/lclipd.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
-- needs xsel, clipnotify
-- luarocks-5.3 install --local luaposix
-- luarocks-5.3 install --local argparse
--- cat .clip_history | dmenu -l 10 | xsel -ib
+-- luarocks-5.3 install --local lsqlite3
+-- sqlite3 $(cat /tmp/lclipd_db_name) 'select content from lclipd;' | dmenu -l 10 | xsel -ib
local string = require("string")
local signal = require("posix.signal")
local argparse = require("argparse")
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ local function get_clipboard_content()
local handle_x = io.popen("xsel -ob")
local last_clip_entry_x = handle_x:read("*a")
+ -- FIXME- fix for wayland
-- local wait_for_event_w = io.popen("clipnotify")
-- local handle_w = io.popen("wl-paste")
-- local last_clip_entry_w = handle_w:read("*a")