Partial support for wayland

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,22 @@ Text seleciton keyboard layout switcher based on xclip / etc for X11 & wayland
 
 2. install module: `pip install fleepit`
 
+# Limitations
+
+## X11
+
+Operation is performed in 3 steps:
+* copy - copy selection buffer (primary clipboard)
+* paste - write converted selection buffer into secondary (regular) clipboard
+* send CTRL+C event
+
+## Wayland
+
+Operation is performed in 3 steps with limitations
+* copy - reads contents of primary buffer
+* paste - write converted selection into secondary (regular) clipboard
+* user has to manually press CTRL+C - for the security reasons and/or in order to prevent depending on external daemon services that may expose potential keystroke injection vulnerabilities
+
 # Usage
 
 Sample usage for KDE:

fleepit.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Requirements: xclip, xdotool
+# Requirements: xclip, xdotool (X11); wl-clipboard (Wayland)
 
 import subprocess
 import argparse
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def do_x11(args: argparse.Namespace):
 
 def do_wayland(args: argparse.Namespace):
     # Extract selection
-    result = subprocess.run([ 'wl-paste', '-primary' ], capture_output=True, text=True)
+    result = subprocess.run([ 'wl-paste', '--primary', '--no-newline' ], capture_output=True, text=True)
     result.check_returncode()
     clip = result.stdout
     if clip.strip() == '':
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def do_wayland(args: argparse.Namespace):
         print(f'converted: "{ converted }"')
 
     # Write selection
-    result = subprocess.run([ 'wl-paste', '-primary' ], text=True, input=converted)
+    result = subprocess.run([ 'wl-copy' ], text=True, input=converted)
     result.check_returncode()
 
 

setup.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ except:
 
 setup(
     name='fleepit',
-    version='6',
+    version='7',
     py_modules=['fleepit'],
     description='Text seleciton keyboard layout switcher based on xclip / etc for X11 & wayland',
     url='https://git.pegasko.art/bitrate16/fleepit',