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improve on macos: tries to get text directly via AppleScript from the frontmost application before using command+c #98

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improve on macos: tries to get text directly via AppleScript from the frontmost application before using command+c #98

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30 changes: 26 additions & 4 deletions emacs-everywhere.el
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Expand Up @@ -679,10 +679,32 @@ return windowTitle"))
"Insert the last text selection into the buffer."
(pcase system-type
('darwin (progn
(call-process "osascript" nil nil nil
"-e" "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"c\" using command down")
(sleep-for emacs-everywhere-clipboard-sleep-delay) ; lets clipboard info propagate
(yank)))
;; Try to get selected text directly via AppleScript
(let ((selection
(with-temp-buffer
(call-process "osascript" nil t nil
"-e" "tell application \"System Events\"
set frontApp to first application process whose frontmost is true
set frontAppName to name of frontApp
end tell
set theSelection to \"\"
tell application frontAppName
try
set theSelection to selection
if theSelection is not \"\" then
return theSelection
end if
end try
end tell")
(buffer-string))))
;; If direct selection fails, fall back to clipboard
(if (and selection (not (string-empty-p selection)))
(insert selection)
(progn
(call-process "osascript" nil nil nil
"-e" "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"c\" using command down")
(sleep-for emacs-everywhere-clipboard-sleep-delay)
(yank))))))
((or 'ms-dos 'windows-nt 'cygwin)
(emacs-everywhere-insert-selection--windows))
(_ (when-let ((selection (gui-get-selection 'PRIMARY 'UTF8_STRING)))
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