jcpetruzza/hclip

A small cross-platform library for reading and modifying the system clipboard

Hclip

A small cross-platform library for reading and modifying the system clipboard.

Hclip works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (but see the requirements below!).

Requirements

• Windows: No additional requirements.
• Mac OS X: Requires the pbcopy and pbpaste commands, which ship with Mac OS X.
• Linux: Requires xclip or xsel installed.

Example Usage

λ: :m System.Hclip
λ: setClipboard "Haskell"
λ: getClipboard
"Haskell"
λ: modifyClipboard (reverse . map toUpper)
"LLEKSAH"
λ: :m +Control.Exception
λ: let f = zipWith ($) (cycle [toUpper, toLower])
λ: try (modifyClipboard (reverse . f)) :: IO (Either ClipboardException String)
Right "HaSkElL"