From e5a6c3e35016a80401cb099059a9909eeb52bf51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marty Oehme <marty.oehme@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 22:50:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [X] Add simplifying xclip script

Added `clip` to path, allows sending stuff through stdin or via normal
file input to xclip. Makes xclip default to clipboard when clipping
input. Special handlers for image files (png and jp[e]g).
---
 xresources/.local/bin/clip | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 xresources/.local/bin/clip

diff --git a/xresources/.local/bin/clip b/xresources/.local/bin/clip
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b27880a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xresources/.local/bin/clip
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# clip -- easy copying to x clipboard manager with xclip
+#
+# clips the first argument to the clipboard
+# or stdin if stdin is passed
+# will copy png/jpg as image files
+#
+# idea ~~stolen~~ creatively borrowed from
+# https://github.com/kyazdani42/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/copy
+
+if ! exist xclip normal; then exit 1; fi
+
+# if we are in a pipe, read from stdin
+if [ ! -t 0 ]; then
+  xclip -i -selection clipboard /dev/stdin
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ $# != 1 ] || [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
+  printf "No file argument passed to xclip to clip: %s" "$1"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+options=""
+if grep -qE '.png$' "$1"; then
+  options="-target image/png"
+elif grep -qE '.jpe\?g$' "$1"; then
+  options="-target image/jpeg"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$options" ]; then
+  xclip -selection clipboard "$options" "$1"
+else
+  xclip -selection clipboard "$1"
+fi