feat: xclip fallback for linux with xsel #352 (#390)

closes #352

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/clipboard.rs b/src/clipboard.rs
index 6730ceb1..5f15e11f 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/clipboard.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 
@@ -27,10 +28,37 @@ fn execute_copy_command(command: Command, text: &str) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn gen_command(
+    path: impl AsRef<OsStr>,
+    xclip_syntax: bool,
+) -> Command {
+    let mut c = Command::new(path);
+    if xclip_syntax {
+        c.arg("-selection");
+        c.arg("clipboard");
+    } else {
+        c.arg("--clipboard");
+    }
+    c
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 pub fn copy_string(string: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    let mut cmd = Command::new("xclip");
-    cmd.arg("-selection").arg("clipboard");
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+    use which::which;
+    let (path, xclip_syntax) = which("xclip").ok().map_or_else(
+        || {
+            (
+                which("xsel")
+                    .ok()
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("xsel")),
+                false,
+            )
+        },
+        |path| (path, true),
+    );
+
+    let cmd = gen_command(path, xclip_syntax);
     execute_copy_command(cmd, string)
 }