New: wpastetype script

bin/wpastetype.py

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys, re, subprocess, itertools
+
+SPECIAL_GROUP = r"(<[^>]+>)"
+
+
+def print_help():
+    print("""\
+Pastes the clipboard by typing it out. Limited to 40 characters in length
+
+Use vim-style characters for modifiers
+
+Examples:
+    <C-v>somemoretext<cr>""")
+    return
+
+
+class InvalidModifierError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, message="Invalid modifier special key"):
+        super().__init__(message)
+
+
+class NotASpecialCharacterError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, key):
+        super().__init__(f"`{key}` is not a special character")
+
+
+def special_convert(special: str) -> str:
+    special = special.lower()
+
+    if (m := re.fullmatch(r"<([scmad])-([a-z])+>", special)) is not None:
+        try:
+            c = convert_special_character(f"<{m.group(2)}>")
+        except Exception:
+            c = m.group(2)
+
+        s = []
+
+        if "s" in m.group(1):
+            s += ["shift"]
+        if "c" in m.group(1):
+            s += ["ctrl"]
+        if "m" in m.group(1) or "a" in m.group(1) or "d" in m.group(1):
+            s += ["logo"]
+
+        if len(s) == 0:
+            raise InvalidModifierError()
+
+        s_down = list(itertools.chain(*[["-M", x] for x in s]))
+        s_up = list(itertools.chain(*[["-m", x] for x in s]))
+
+        return s_down + [c] + s_up
+    elif (m := re.fullmatch(r"<([a-z])+>", special)) is not None:
+        return convert_special_character(m.group(0))
+    else:
+        raise NotASpecialCharacterError(special)
+
+
+def convert_special_character(special: str):
+    match special.lower():
+        case "<space>":
+            c = "space"
+        case "<bs>":
+            c = "backspace"
+        case "<del>":
+            c = "delete"
+        case "<tab>":
+            c = "tab"
+        case "<cr>" | "<enter>" | "<return>":
+            c = "return"
+        case "<esc>":
+            c = "escape"
+        case "<home>":
+            c = "home"
+        case "<end>":
+            c = "end"
+        case "<pageup>":
+            c = "prior"
+        case "<pagedown>":
+            c = "next"
+        case "<bar>":
+            c = "bar"
+        case "<backslash>":
+            c = "backslash"
+        case "<up>":
+            c = "up"
+        case "<down>":
+            c = "down"
+        case "<left>":
+            c = "left"
+        case "<right>":
+            c = "right"
+        case "<f1>":
+            c = "f1"
+        case "<f2>":
+            c = "f2"
+        case "<f3>":
+            c = "f3"
+        case "<f4>":
+            c = "f4"
+        case "<f5>":
+            c = "f5"
+        case "<f6>":
+            c = "f6"
+        case "<f7>":
+            c = "f7"
+        case "<f8>":
+            c = "f8"
+        case "<f9>":
+            c = "f9"
+        case "<f10>":
+            c = "f10"
+        case "<f11>":
+            c = "f11"
+        case "<f12>":
+            c = "f12"
+        case _:
+            raise NotASpecialCharacterError(special)
+
+    return ["-k", c]
+
+
+def type_text(text: str) -> list:
+    wtype_str = []
+    text = text.replace(" ", "<space>")
+
+    for i, s in enumerate(re.split(SPECIAL_GROUP, text)):
+        if re.fullmatch(SPECIAL_GROUP, s) is not None:
+            try:
+                wtype_str += special_convert(s)
+            except InvalidModifierError:
+                wtype_str += [s]
+            except NotASpecialCharacterError:
+                wtype_str += [s]
+        elif s == "":
+            pass
+        elif s[0] == "-":
+            wtype_str += ["-k", "hyphen", s[1:]]
+        else:
+            wtype_str += [s]
+
+    print(f"Running: `{wtype_str}`", file=sys.stderr)
+    return wtype_str
+
+
+clip_cmd = subprocess.Popen(["wl-paste"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+try:
+    clipboard = clip_cmd.communicate(timeout=1)[0].strip().decode('utf-8')
+except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+    print("wl-paste took too long")
+    exit(1)
+except UnicodeError:
+    print("Clipboard does not currently store valid utf-8 unicode")
+    exit(1)
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 1:
+    print_help()
+    exit(2)
+elif len(clipboard) > 400:
+    print("Clipboard text is too long")
+    exit(1)
+else:
+    wtype_list = ["wtype"] + type_text(clipboard)
+    finished = subprocess.run(wtype_list)
+    exit(finished.returncode)