How to access clipboard in script?

[artfulrobot]

1. open an email
2. add some HTML content,
3. copy some of that content.

Then I want to run my script which wants to tweak what's on the clipboard.

I've tried:

var im = this.mQuicktext.process_clipboard();
return im.replace('a', 'b');

and

var im = this.mQuicktext.get_clipboard();
return im.replace('a', 'b');

But they both return empty strings. Help wanted please :-)

[SamuelPlentz]

This is related to: #271, #320 and #328.

Try to add await like this:

process_clipboard

var im = await this.mQuicktext.process_clipboard();
return im.replace('a', 'b');

get_clipboard

var im = await this.mQuicktext.get_clipboard();
return im.replace('a', 'b');

[artfulrobot]

@SamuelPlentz I get this error when I use await:

There was an error in your Quicktext script: MyMessage
SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions, async generators and modules
Line 1: var im = await this.mQuicktext.process_clipboard();

(I'm on v 4.3 released 8 Aug. Tbird says there are no updates available)

[SamuelPlentz]

Quicktext 5.2 and Thunderbird 102 in use here.

[artfulrobot]

Ah, maybe Ubuntu's Thunderbird is out of date then, I'm on Tbird 91.

[artfulrobot]

Confirmed working in Quicktext 5.2 and Thunderbird 102 ..