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<pre><a name="line-1"></a><span class='hs-comment'>{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}</span>
<a name="line-2"></a><span class='hs-comment'>{- |
<a name="line-3"></a>Module : XMonad.Util.XSelection
<a name="line-4"></a>Copyright : (C) 2007 Andrea Rossato, Matthew Sackman
<a name="line-5"></a>License : BSD3
<a name="line-6"></a>
<a name="line-7"></a>Maintainer : Gwern Branwen <gwern0@gmail.com>
<a name="line-8"></a>Stability : unstable
<a name="line-9"></a>Portability : unportable
<a name="line-10"></a>
<a name="line-11"></a>A module for accessing and manipulating X Window's mouse selection (the buffer used in copy and pasting).
<a name="line-12"></a>'getSelection' and 'putSelection' are adaptations of Hxsel.hs and Hxput.hs from the XMonad-utils, available:
<a name="line-13"></a>
<a name="line-14"></a>> $ darcs get <<a href="http://gorgias.mine.nu/repos/xmonad-utils">http://gorgias.mine.nu/repos/xmonad-utils</a>>
<a name="line-15"></a>-}</span>
<a name="line-16"></a>
<a name="line-17"></a><span class='hs-keyword'>module</span> <span class='hs-conid'>XMonad</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Util</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>XSelection</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span> <span class='hs-comment'>-- * Usage</span>
<a name="line-18"></a> <span class='hs-comment'>-- $usage</span>
<a name="line-19"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>getSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span>
<a name="line-20"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>promptSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span>
<a name="line-21"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>safePromptSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span>
<a name="line-22"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>transformPromptSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span>
<a name="line-23"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>transformSafePromptSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span>
<a name="line-24"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>putSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>where</span>
<a name="line-25"></a>
<a name="line-26"></a><span class='hs-keyword'>import</span> <span class='hs-conid'>Control</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Concurrent</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>forkIO</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-27"></a><span class='hs-keyword'>import</span> <span class='hs-conid'>Control</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Exception</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Extensible</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>as</span> <span class='hs-conid'>E</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>catch</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span><span class='hs-conid'>SomeException</span><span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-keyglyph'>..</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-28"></a><span class='hs-keyword'>import</span> <span class='hs-conid'>Control</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Monad</span><span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-conid'>Monad</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>return</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varop'>>></span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span> <span class='hs-conid'>Functor</span><span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-keyglyph'>..</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span> <span class='hs-varid'>liftM</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span> <span class='hs-varid'>join</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-29"></a><span class='hs-keyword'>import</span> <span class='hs-conid'>Data</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Char</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ord</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-30"></a><span class='hs-keyword'>import</span> <span class='hs-conid'>Data</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Maybe</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>fromMaybe</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-31"></a><span class='hs-keyword'>import</span> <span class='hs-conid'>XMonad</span>
<a name="line-32"></a><span class='hs-keyword'>import</span> <span class='hs-conid'>XMonad</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Util</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Run</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>safeSpawn</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span> <span class='hs-varid'>unsafeSpawn</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-33"></a>
<a name="line-34"></a><span class='hs-keyword'>import</span> <span class='hs-conid'>Codec</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>Binary</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>UTF8</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>String</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>decode</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-35"></a>
<a name="line-36"></a><span class='hs-comment'>{- $usage
<a name="line-37"></a> Add @import XMonad.Util.XSelection@ to the top of Config.hs
<a name="line-38"></a> Then make use of getSelection or promptSelection as needed; if
<a name="line-39"></a> one wanted to run Firefox with the selection as an argument (perhaps
<a name="line-40"></a> the selection string is an URL you just highlighted), then one could add
<a name="line-41"></a> to the xmonad.hs a line like thus:
<a name="line-42"></a>
<a name="line-43"></a> > , ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_b), promptSelection "firefox")
<a name="line-44"></a>
<a name="line-45"></a> There are a number of known problems with XSelection:
<a name="line-46"></a>
<a name="line-47"></a> * Unicode handling is busted. But it's still better than calling
<a name="line-48"></a> 'chr' to translate to ASCII, at least.
<a name="line-49"></a> As near as I can tell, the mangling happens when the String is
<a name="line-50"></a> outputted somewhere, such as via promptSelection's passing through
<a name="line-51"></a> the shell, or GHCi printing to the terminal. utf-string has IO functions
<a name="line-52"></a> which can fix this, though I do not know have to use them here. It's
<a name="line-53"></a> a complex issue; see
<a name="line-54"></a> <<a href="http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2007-September/001967.html">http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2007-September/001967.html</a>>
<a name="line-55"></a> and <<a href="http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2007-September/001966.html">http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2007-September/001966.html</a>>.
<a name="line-56"></a>
<a name="line-57"></a> * Needs more elaborate functionality: Emacs' registers are nice; if you
<a name="line-58"></a> don't know what they are, see <<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Registers.html#Registers">http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Registers.html#Registers</a>> -}</span>
<a name="line-59"></a>
<a name="line-60"></a><a name="getSelection"></a><span class='hs-comment'>-- | Returns a String corresponding to the current mouse selection in X; if there is none, an empty string is returned. Note that this is</span>
<a name="line-61"></a><span class='hs-comment'>-- really only reliable for ASCII text and currently escapes or otherwise mangles more complex UTF-8 characters.</span>
<a name="line-62"></a><span class='hs-definition'>getSelection</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>::</span> <span class='hs-conid'>MonadIO</span> <span class='hs-varid'>m</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=></span> <span class='hs-varid'>m</span> <span class='hs-conid'>String</span>
<a name="line-63"></a><span class='hs-definition'>getSelection</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-varid'>io</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span>
<a name="line-64"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>openDisplay</span> <span class='hs-str'>""</span>
<a name="line-65"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>let</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dflt</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-varid'>defaultScreen</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span>
<a name="line-66"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>rootw</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>rootWindow</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dflt</span>
<a name="line-67"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>win</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>createSimpleWindow</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>rootw</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span> <span class='hs-num'>1</span> <span class='hs-num'>1</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span>
<a name="line-68"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>p</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>internAtom</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-str'>"PRIMARY"</span> <span class='hs-conid'>True</span>
<a name="line-69"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>ty</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-conid'>E</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-varid'>catch</span>
<a name="line-70"></a> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-conid'>E</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-varid'>catch</span>
<a name="line-71"></a> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>internAtom</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-str'>"UTF8_STRING"</span> <span class='hs-conid'>False</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-72"></a> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-keyglyph'>\</span><span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-conid'>E</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>SomeException</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>_</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-varid'>internAtom</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-str'>"COMPOUND_TEXT"</span> <span class='hs-conid'>False</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-73"></a> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-keyglyph'>\</span><span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-conid'>E</span><span class='hs-varop'>.</span><span class='hs-conid'>SomeException</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>_</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-varid'>internAtom</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-str'>"sTring"</span> <span class='hs-conid'>False</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-74"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>clp</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>internAtom</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-str'>"BLITZ_SEL_STRING"</span> <span class='hs-conid'>False</span>
<a name="line-75"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>xConvertSelection</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>p</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ty</span> <span class='hs-varid'>clp</span> <span class='hs-varid'>win</span> <span class='hs-varid'>currentTime</span>
<a name="line-76"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>allocaXEvent</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>\</span><span class='hs-varid'>e</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span>
<a name="line-77"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>nextEvent</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>e</span>
<a name="line-78"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>getEvent</span> <span class='hs-varid'>e</span>
<a name="line-79"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>if</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev_event_type</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span> <span class='hs-varop'>==</span> <span class='hs-varid'>selectionNotify</span>
<a name="line-80"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>then</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span> <span class='hs-varid'>res</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>getWindowProperty8</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>clp</span> <span class='hs-varid'>win</span>
<a name="line-81"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>return</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>decode</span> <span class='hs-varop'>.</span> <span class='hs-varid'>map</span> <span class='hs-varid'>fromIntegral</span> <span class='hs-varop'>.</span> <span class='hs-varid'>fromMaybe</span> <span class='hs-conid'>[]</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>res</span>
<a name="line-82"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>else</span> <span class='hs-varid'>destroyWindow</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>win</span> <span class='hs-varop'>>></span> <span class='hs-varid'>return</span> <span class='hs-str'>""</span>
<a name="line-83"></a>
<a name="line-84"></a><a name="putSelection"></a><span class='hs-comment'>-- | Set the current X Selection to a specified string.</span>
<a name="line-85"></a><span class='hs-definition'>putSelection</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>::</span> <span class='hs-conid'>MonadIO</span> <span class='hs-varid'>m</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=></span> <span class='hs-conid'>String</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-varid'>m</span> <span class='hs-conid'>()</span>
<a name="line-86"></a><span class='hs-definition'>putSelection</span> <span class='hs-varid'>text</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-varid'>io</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span>
<a name="line-87"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>openDisplay</span> <span class='hs-str'>""</span>
<a name="line-88"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>let</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dflt</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-varid'>defaultScreen</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span>
<a name="line-89"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>rootw</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>rootWindow</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dflt</span>
<a name="line-90"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>win</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>createSimpleWindow</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>rootw</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span> <span class='hs-num'>1</span> <span class='hs-num'>1</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span> <span class='hs-num'>0</span>
<a name="line-91"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>p</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>internAtom</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-str'>"PRIMARY"</span> <span class='hs-conid'>True</span>
<a name="line-92"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>ty</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>internAtom</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-str'>"UTF8_STRING"</span> <span class='hs-conid'>False</span>
<a name="line-93"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>xSetSelectionOwner</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>p</span> <span class='hs-varid'>win</span> <span class='hs-varid'>currentTime</span>
<a name="line-94"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>winOwn</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>xGetSelectionOwner</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>p</span>
<a name="line-95"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>if</span> <span class='hs-varid'>winOwn</span> <span class='hs-varop'>==</span> <span class='hs-varid'>win</span>
<a name="line-96"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>then</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span> <span class='hs-varid'>forkIO</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>allocaXEvent</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>processEvent</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ty</span> <span class='hs-varid'>text</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-varop'>>></span> <span class='hs-varid'>destroyWindow</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>win</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-varop'>>></span> <span class='hs-varid'>return</span> <span class='hs-conid'>()</span>
<a name="line-97"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>else</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span> <span class='hs-varid'>putStrLn</span> <span class='hs-str'>"Unable to obtain ownership of the selection"</span> <span class='hs-varop'>>></span> <span class='hs-varid'>destroyWindow</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>win</span>
<a name="line-98"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>return</span> <span class='hs-conid'>()</span>
<a name="line-99"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>where</span>
<a name="line-100"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>processEvent</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>::</span> <span class='hs-conid'>Display</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-conid'>Atom</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>[</span><span class='hs-conid'>Char</span><span class='hs-keyglyph'>]</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-conid'>XEventPtr</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-conid'>IO</span> <span class='hs-conid'>()</span>
<a name="line-101"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>processEvent</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ty</span> <span class='hs-varid'>txt</span> <span class='hs-varid'>e</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span>
<a name="line-102"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>nextEvent</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>e</span>
<a name="line-103"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'><-</span> <span class='hs-varid'>getEvent</span> <span class='hs-varid'>e</span>
<a name="line-104"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>if</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev_event_type</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span> <span class='hs-varop'>==</span> <span class='hs-varid'>selectionRequest</span>
<a name="line-105"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>then</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span> <span class='hs-varid'>print</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span>
<a name="line-106"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>allocaXEvent</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>\</span><span class='hs-varid'>replyPtr</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span>
<a name="line-107"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>changeProperty8</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ev_event_display</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-108"></a> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ev_requestor</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-109"></a> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ev_property</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-110"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>ty</span>
<a name="line-111"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>propModeReplace</span>
<a name="line-112"></a> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>map</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>fromIntegral</span> <span class='hs-varop'>.</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ord</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-varid'>txt</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-113"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>setSelectionNotify</span> <span class='hs-varid'>replyPtr</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ev_requestor</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ev_selection</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-114"></a> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ev_target</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ev_property</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ev_time</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-115"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>sendEvent</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>ev_requestor</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-conid'>False</span> <span class='hs-varid'>noEventMask</span> <span class='hs-varid'>replyPtr</span>
<a name="line-116"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>sync</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-conid'>False</span>
<a name="line-117"></a> <span class='hs-keyword'>else</span> <span class='hs-keyword'>do</span> <span class='hs-varid'>putStrLn</span> <span class='hs-str'>"Unexpected Message Received"</span>
<a name="line-118"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>print</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ev</span>
<a name="line-119"></a> <span class='hs-varid'>processEvent</span> <span class='hs-varid'>dpy</span> <span class='hs-varid'>ty</span> <span class='hs-varid'>text</span> <span class='hs-varid'>e</span>
<a name="line-120"></a>
<a name="line-121"></a><a name="promptSelection"></a><span class='hs-comment'>{- | A wrapper around 'getSelection'. Makes it convenient to run a program with the current selection as an argument.
<a name="line-122"></a>This is convenient for handling URLs, in particular. For example, in your Config.hs you could bind a key to
<a name="line-123"></a> @promptSelection \"firefox\"@;
<a name="line-124"></a>this would allow you to highlight a URL string and then immediately open it up in Firefox.
<a name="line-125"></a>
<a name="line-126"></a>'promptSelection' passes strings through the system shell, \/bin\/sh; if you do not wish your selected text
<a name="line-127"></a>to be interpreted or mangled by the shell, use 'safePromptSelection'. safePromptSelection will bypass the
<a name="line-128"></a>shell using 'safeSpawn' from "XMonad.Util.Run"; see its documentation for more
<a name="line-129"></a>details on the advantages and disadvantages of using safeSpawn. -}</span>
<a name="line-130"></a><span class='hs-definition'>promptSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span> <span class='hs-varid'>safePromptSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span> <span class='hs-varid'>unsafePromptSelection</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>::</span> <span class='hs-conid'>String</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-conid'>X</span> <span class='hs-conid'>()</span>
<a name="line-131"></a><span class='hs-definition'>promptSelection</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-varid'>unsafePromptSelection</span>
<a name="line-132"></a><a name="safePromptSelection"></a><span class='hs-definition'>safePromptSelection</span> <span class='hs-varid'>app</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-varid'>join</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>io</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>liftM</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>safeSpawn</span> <span class='hs-varid'>app</span> <span class='hs-varop'>.</span> <span class='hs-varid'>return</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-varid'>getSelection</span>
<a name="line-133"></a><a name="unsafePromptSelection"></a><span class='hs-definition'>unsafePromptSelection</span> <span class='hs-varid'>app</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-varid'>join</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>io</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>liftM</span> <span class='hs-varid'>unsafeSpawn</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>fmap</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-keyglyph'>\</span><span class='hs-varid'>x</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-varid'>app</span> <span class='hs-varop'>++</span> <span class='hs-str'>" "</span> <span class='hs-varop'>++</span> <span class='hs-varid'>x</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-varid'>getSelection</span>
<a name="line-134"></a>
<a name="line-135"></a><a name="transformPromptSelection"></a><span class='hs-comment'>{- | A wrapper around 'promptSelection' and its safe variant. They take two parameters, the first is a function that transforms strings, and the second is the application to run. The transformer essentially transforms the selection in X.
<a name="line-136"></a>One example is to wrap code, such as a command line action copied out of the browser to be run as @"sudo" ++ cmd@ or @"su - -c \""++ cmd ++"\""@.
<a name="line-137"></a>-}</span>
<a name="line-138"></a><span class='hs-definition'>transformPromptSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>,</span> <span class='hs-varid'>transformSafePromptSelection</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>::</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-conid'>String</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-conid'>String</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-conid'>String</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-conid'>X</span> <span class='hs-conid'>()</span>
<a name="line-139"></a><span class='hs-definition'>transformPromptSelection</span> <span class='hs-varid'>f</span> <span class='hs-varid'>app</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-varid'>join</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>io</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>liftM</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>safeSpawn</span> <span class='hs-varid'>app</span> <span class='hs-varop'>.</span> <span class='hs-varid'>return</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>fmap</span> <span class='hs-varid'>f</span> <span class='hs-varid'>getSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
<a name="line-140"></a><a name="transformSafePromptSelection"></a><span class='hs-definition'>transformSafePromptSelection</span> <span class='hs-varid'>f</span> <span class='hs-varid'>app</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>=</span> <span class='hs-varid'>join</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>io</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>liftM</span> <span class='hs-varid'>unsafeSpawn</span> <span class='hs-varop'>$</span> <span class='hs-varid'>fmap</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-keyglyph'>\</span><span class='hs-varid'>x</span> <span class='hs-keyglyph'>-></span> <span class='hs-varid'>app</span> <span class='hs-varop'>++</span> <span class='hs-str'>" "</span> <span class='hs-varop'>++</span> <span class='hs-varid'>x</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span> <span class='hs-layout'>(</span><span class='hs-varid'>fmap</span> <span class='hs-varid'>f</span> <span class='hs-varid'>getSelection</span><span class='hs-layout'>)</span>
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