Switch between "type" and "copypaste" depending on active window

[jpetazzo]

Hi!

First, thanks for writing splatmoji; it's my favorite emoji input method (and I tried a bunch of them😅).

On my machine, the type doesn't work on Firefox; and the copypaste method doesn't work in my terminal, because my terminal requires Ctrl+Shift+v to paste. I can't use Ctrl+Shift+v to paste in Firefox because it triggers one of my extensions.

So I came up with the following helper script, which I called autosplatmoji:

#!/bin/sh
WINDOWNAME="$(xdotool getwindowfocus getwindowname)"
case "$WINDOWNAME" in
  *Firefox*)
  exec splatmoji copypaste ;;
  *)
  exec splatmoji type ;;
esac

Of course, other apps can be added to the "exception" list, and the logic could be reversed (i.e. use splatmoji copypaste by default, except for some apps). It's not bullet-proof either; example: the title of my shell windows is my PS1 variable, which contains the current directory; so if I am in a directory containing the string Firefox it won't work. But it covers 99% of my use cases.

What would be best?

• should I try to submit a PR to add this behavior natively in splatmoji? (Maybe with a splatmoji auto mode, and a configuration entry to specify strings to look for to switch to copypaste mode?)
• should I just add this helper script and/or some documentation in the README?
• should we not bother, and just close this issue, since it's already (hopefully) useful for other folks with the same problem?

Cheers!

[cspeterson]

I'm leaning towards this being a tip for the README. Maybe in the FAQ under "How do I handle different paste keys between terminal emulators and GUI applications?"

Good thinking though and I'm glad to have it documented!

[cspeterson]

There isn't a good way to identify a window as a terminal emulator in general is there? Just poking at different ones with xprop I'm not seeing any properties that could make the distinction across the board :/

[jpetazzo]

Not that I'm aware of, alas!

Let me know if you'd like me to take a stab at a PR for the README, or if you're more comfortable incorporating it yourself to fit your own style etc (you are of course more than welcome to use/adapt/whatever the wording I've put above).

Thanks either way!

(And if some day I come up with an even better solution, I'll report back :))

[cspeterson]

@jpetazzo I've added it to the README! 😁

https://github.com/cspeterson/splatmoji/commit/2eb2e22a33feecf7f2b2888e95427b83086e9546

[cspeterson]

PS if you (or anyone!) have any idea what the equivalent commands are to do this sort of thing in Wayland, it would be helpful as I am planning on implementing Wayland support in the near future ( ･᷄ㅂ･᷅ )