"""Clipboard and key injection, through whatever this machine gives us. A Wayland session has wl-clipboard and ydotool, an X11 one has xclip and xdotool, and macOS has pbcopy with the key press going straight to CoreGraphics. Which of them is here gets decided in one place, and each is a small group of functions below it: another desktop, or another operating system, adds a group and a line to the chooser rather than a branch inside every function here. """ import collections import ctypes import functools import json import os import shutil import subprocess import sys import tempfile import time from i18n import t # Linux input event codes (linux/input-event-codes.h), which is what ydotool # takes. They are also the list of keys a paste shortcut may be built from, so # xdotool is held to the same table rather than being handed the text as typed. KEYCODES = { "ctrl": 29, "control": 29, "shift": 42, "alt": 56, "super": 125, "meta": 125, "v": 47, "insert": 110, "enter": 28, "return": 28, } # xdotool speaks X keysyms, which spell some of those differently. KEYSYMS = {"control": "ctrl", "meta": "super", "insert": "Insert", "enter": "Return", "return": "Return"} # Apple virtual key codes, which say where a key sits rather than what is # printed on it: the same numbers on a Turkish and a US keyboard. MAC_KEYCODES = { "a": 0, "s": 1, "d": 2, "f": 3, "h": 4, "g": 5, "z": 6, "x": 7, "c": 8, "v": 9, "b": 11, "q": 12, "w": 13, "e": 14, "r": 15, "y": 16, "t": 17, "1": 18, "2": 19, "3": 20, "4": 21, "6": 22, "5": 23, "=": 24, "9": 25, "7": 26, "-": 27, "8": 28, "0": 29, "]": 30, "o": 31, "u": 32, "[": 33, "i": 34, "p": 35, "l": 37, "j": 38, "'": 39, "k": 40, ";": 41, "\\": 42, ",": 43, "/": 44, "n": 45, "m": 46, ".": 47, "`": 50, "enter": 36, "return": 36, } MAC_FLAGS = {"shift": 1 << 17, "ctrl": 1 << 18, "alt": 1 << 19, "command": 1 << 20} # What the same modifier is called on a Mac keyboard. MAC_ALIASES = {"cmd": "command", "meta": "command", "super": "command", "control": "ctrl", "option": "alt"} HID_EVENT_TAP = 0 # kCGHIDEventTap: the event goes in where the keyboard does # pbpaste only reads text, EPS and RTF. In particular, an image on a Mac's # clipboard comes back as an empty byte string and pbcopy then replaces it with # empty plain text. Keep every NSPasteboard representation in short-lived # files instead. The manifest stays small even when the clipboard holds a # large TIFF, and no additional Python package is needed. _MAC_SNAPSHOT = collections.namedtuple("MacClipboardSnapshot", "directory manifest") _MAC_SNAPSHOT_SCRIPT = r''' ObjC.import("AppKit"); const root = ObjC.unwrap( $.NSProcessInfo.processInfo.environment.objectForKey("DIKTE_PASTEBOARD_DIR") ); const pasteboard = $.NSPasteboard.generalPasteboard; const items = pasteboard.pasteboardItems; const result = []; for (let i = 0; i < items.count; i++) { const item = items.objectAtIndex(i); const representations = []; const types = item.types; for (let j = 0; j < types.count; j++) { const type = ObjC.unwrap(types.objectAtIndex(j)); const data = item.dataForType(type); if (!data) continue; const file = `${i}-${j}.bin`; if (data.writeToFileAtomically(`${root}/${file}`, true)) { representations.push({type, file}); } } result.push(representations); } JSON.stringify(result); ''' _MAC_RESTORE_SCRIPT = r''' ObjC.import("AppKit"); const root = ObjC.unwrap( $.NSProcessInfo.processInfo.environment.objectForKey("DIKTE_PASTEBOARD_DIR") ); const input = $.NSFileHandle.fileHandleWithStandardInput.readDataToEndOfFile; const source = $.NSString.alloc.initWithDataEncoding(input, $.NSUTF8StringEncoding); const rows = JSON.parse(ObjC.unwrap(source)); const items = []; for (const representations of rows) { const item = $.NSPasteboardItem.alloc.init; for (const representation of representations) { const data = $.NSData.dataWithContentsOfFile( `${root}/${representation.file}` ); if (data) item.setDataForType(data, representation.type); } items.push(item); } const pasteboard = $.NSPasteboard.generalPasteboard; pasteboard.clearContents; pasteboard.writeObjects($(items)); ''' class PasteError(Exception): pass # --- the key press, one group per system ---------------------------------- def _keys(shortcut): """'Ctrl+V' -> ['ctrl', 'v'], every one of them a key we know.""" parts = [key.strip().lower() for key in str(shortcut).split("+") if key.strip()] for key in parts: if key not in KEYCODES: raise PasteError(t("Unknown key: {key}", key=key)) return parts def _ydotool_command(shortcut): """ydotool wants a press event per key, then a release in reverse.""" codes = [KEYCODES[key] for key in _keys(shortcut)] return ["ydotool", "key", *[f"{code}:1" for code in codes], *[f"{code}:0" for code in reversed(codes)]] def _xdotool_command(shortcut): """xdotool takes the whole combination as one argument.""" keys = [KEYSYMS.get(key, key) for key in _keys(shortcut)] return ["xdotool", "key", "--clearmodifiers", "+".join(keys)] def _program_keyboard(program, command, hint=""): """A desktop that presses keys by running another program. Returns the three fields an entry below is built from: the program's name, whether it is here at all, and the press itself. """ def ready(): return shutil.which(program) is not None def press(shortcut, delay): if not ready(): raise PasteError(t("{tool} not found, cannot paste automatically.", tool=program)) argv = command(shortcut) time.sleep(delay) # let the selection settle and focus come back try: res = subprocess.run(argv, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10) except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError) as exc: raise PasteError(t("Could not run {tool}: {error}", tool=program, error=exc)) from exc if res.returncode != 0: message = t("{tool} failed: {error}", tool=program, error=res.stderr.strip() or "unknown error") raise PasteError(f"{message}\n{t(hint)}" if hint else message) return {"keyboard": program, "ready": ready, "press": press} def _macos_keys(shortcut): """'Cmd+V' -> (9, 0x100000): where the key sits, and the modifiers on it.""" parts = [key.strip().lower() for key in str(shortcut).split("+") if key.strip()] parts = [MAC_ALIASES.get(part, part) for part in parts] if not parts or parts[-1] not in MAC_KEYCODES: raise PasteError(t("Unknown key: {key}", key=parts[-1] if parts else shortcut)) flags = 0 for part in parts[:-1]: if part not in MAC_FLAGS: raise PasteError(t("Unknown key: {key}", key=part)) flags |= MAC_FLAGS[part] return MAC_KEYCODES[parts[-1]], flags @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1) def _macos_api(): """The bit of CoreGraphics and Accessibility a paste goes through. Loaded on the first paste rather than at import: this module is read on every system, and these two frameworks exist on one of them. """ try: services = ctypes.CDLL( "/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework" "/ApplicationServices" ) core = ctypes.CDLL( "/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/CoreFoundation" ) except OSError as exc: raise PasteError(t("Could not run {tool}: {error}", tool="CoreGraphics", error=exc)) from exc services.AXIsProcessTrusted.argtypes = [] services.AXIsProcessTrusted.restype = ctypes.c_bool services.AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p] services.AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions.restype = ctypes.c_bool core.CFDictionaryCreate.argtypes = [ ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_void_p), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_void_p), ctypes.c_long, ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_void_p, ] core.CFDictionaryCreate.restype = ctypes.c_void_p services.CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent.argtypes = [ ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_ushort, ctypes.c_bool, ] services.CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent.restype = ctypes.c_void_p services.CGEventSetFlags.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_uint64] services.CGEventSetFlags.restype = None services.CGEventPost.argtypes = [ctypes.c_uint32, ctypes.c_void_p] services.CGEventPost.restype = None core.CFRelease.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p] core.CFRelease.restype = None return services, core def _macos_trusted(): """Whether macOS lets this process type into another application.""" try: return bool(_macos_api()[0].AXIsProcessTrusted()) except PasteError: return False _asked_for_permission = False def _macos_prompt_options(services, core): """{kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt: true}, as a CFDictionary, or 0. Built by hand because there is no Objective-C bridge here and this is the only dictionary Dikte ever makes. Its own function so that a test can hand back something without a framework to read the constants out of. """ keys = (ctypes.c_void_p * 1)( ctypes.c_void_p.in_dll(services, "kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt")) values = (ctypes.c_void_p * 1)( ctypes.c_void_p.in_dll(core, "kCFBooleanTrue")) return core.CFDictionaryCreate( None, keys, values, 1, ctypes.byref(ctypes.c_void_p.in_dll(core, "kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks")), ctypes.byref(ctypes.c_void_p.in_dll(core, "kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks")), ) def _macos_put_us_in_the_list(): """Ask with the prompt, which is what creates the row to switch on. AXIsProcessTrusted only answers the question, and an application that has only ever asked it is not in Accessibility at all: the pane opens on a list Dikte is not in, and the only way through is the + button and a trip to the Applications folder. Asking with kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt puts it there, and macOS shows its own dialog with the button that opens the pane. """ services, core = _macos_api() options = _macos_prompt_options(services, core) if not options: return try: services.AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions(options) finally: core.CFRelease(options) def _ask_for_permission(): """Get Dikte into the Accessibility list, and only the first time. Every dictation would otherwise reopen the pane until the box is ticked, which is a window in the user's face on top of the paste that did not happen. """ global _asked_for_permission if _asked_for_permission: return _asked_for_permission = True try: _macos_put_us_in_the_list() except (PasteError, OSError, ValueError): # An older macOS, or a framework that would not load: the pane below is # still worth opening, even if the row has to be added by hand. pass try: subprocess.Popen( ["open", ("x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security" "?Privacy_Accessibility")], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, close_fds=True, ) except OSError: pass def _macos_press(shortcut, delay): """Post the key down and up straight into the window system. Nothing is typed anywhere until macOS has been told to trust Dikte, and it only asks once, when the paste it was granted for is first tried. """ keycode, flags = _macos_keys(shortcut) services, core = _macos_api() if not _macos_trusted(): _ask_for_permission() raise PasteError(t( "macOS has not been told to let Dikte press keys. Turn Dikte on " "under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility." )) time.sleep(delay) # let the selection settle and focus come back down = services.CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent(None, keycode, True) up = services.CGEventCreateKeyboardEvent(None, keycode, False) if not down or not up: for event in (down, up): if event: core.CFRelease(event) raise PasteError(t("Could not run {tool}: {error}", tool="CoreGraphics", error="it would not make a keyboard event")) try: for event in (down, up): services.CGEventSetFlags(event, flags) services.CGEventPost(HID_EVENT_TAP, event) time.sleep(0.01) finally: core.CFRelease(down) core.CFRelease(up) # --- which of them is here ------------------------------------------------- Desktop = collections.namedtuple( "Desktop", # The clipboard program and the two commands it is run with, what to # install when it is missing, the paste combinations Settings offers, and # the key press: the program that does it, whether it can happen at all, # and the pressing itself. "clipboard packages read_command copy_command shortcuts keyboard ready press", ) WAYLAND = Desktop( clipboard="wl-copy", packages="wl-clipboard and ydotool", read_command=["wl-paste", "--no-newline"], copy_command=["wl-copy"], shortcuts=["ctrl+v", "ctrl+shift+v", "shift+insert"], **_program_keyboard( "ydotool", _ydotool_command, hint="Is ydotoold running? (systemctl --user status ydotool)", ), ) X11 = Desktop( clipboard="xclip", packages="xclip and xdotool", read_command=["xclip", "-selection", "clipboard", "-out"], copy_command=["xclip", "-selection", "clipboard", "-in"], shortcuts=["ctrl+v", "ctrl+shift+v", "shift+insert"], **_program_keyboard("xdotool", _xdotool_command), ) MACOS = Desktop( clipboard="pbcopy", packages="", # both are part of macOS; there is nothing to install read_command=["pbpaste"], copy_command=["pbcopy"], shortcuts=["cmd+v", "cmd+shift+v", "cmd+alt+shift+v"], keyboard="", # no program: the key press is a call into the system ready=_macos_trusted, press=_macos_press, ) def desktop(): """The programs this session's clipboard and key press go through. Read every time rather than settled at import: a session started before the display server was up would otherwise be stuck with the wrong answer, and a test would have nowhere to say which one it means. """ if sys.platform == "darwin": return MACOS if os.environ.get("XDG_SESSION_TYPE") == "x11": return X11 if os.environ.get("DISPLAY") and not os.environ.get("WAYLAND_DISPLAY"): return X11 return WAYLAND # --- the clipboard --------------------------------------------------------- def _macos_snapshot(): """Copy every native pasteboard type to a temporary, file-backed snapshot.""" directory = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="dikte-clipboard-") environment = dict(os.environ, DIKTE_PASTEBOARD_DIR=directory) try: result = subprocess.run( ["osascript", "-l", "JavaScript", "-e", _MAC_SNAPSHOT_SCRIPT], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15, env=environment, ) manifest = result.stdout.strip() rows = json.loads(manifest) if result.returncode == 0 else None if not isinstance(rows, list): raise ValueError("the pasteboard helper returned no manifest") return _MAC_SNAPSHOT(directory, manifest) except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError, ValueError): shutil.rmtree(directory, ignore_errors=True) return None def _macos_restore(snapshot): """Put a native snapshot back, then discard its short-lived files.""" environment = dict(os.environ, DIKTE_PASTEBOARD_DIR=snapshot.directory) try: subprocess.run( ["osascript", "-l", "JavaScript", "-e", _MAC_RESTORE_SCRIPT], input=snapshot.manifest, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, text=True, timeout=15, env=environment, ) except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError): pass finally: shutil.rmtree(snapshot.directory, ignore_errors=True) def read_clipboard(): here = desktop() if here is MACOS and shutil.which("osascript"): snapshot = _macos_snapshot() if snapshot is not None: return snapshot if not shutil.which(here.read_command[0]): return None try: res = subprocess.run(here.read_command, capture_output=True, timeout=5) except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError): return None return res.stdout if res.returncode == 0 else None def _run_copy(payload): """The clipboard owner forks to keep holding the selection; leaving its pipes open makes subprocess.run wait for EOF forever, hence DEVNULL.""" return subprocess.run( desktop().copy_command, input=payload, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, timeout=10, ) def copy(text): here = desktop() if not shutil.which(here.clipboard): raise PasteError( t("{tool} not found. Install {packages}.", tool=here.clipboard, packages=here.packages) if here.packages else t("{tool} not found.", tool=here.clipboard) ) try: res = _run_copy(text.encode("utf-8")) except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError) as exc: raise PasteError(t("Could not copy to clipboard: {error}", error=exc)) from exc if res.returncode != 0: raise PasteError(t("{tool} exited with code {code}.", tool=here.clipboard, code=res.returncode)) def copy_bytes(data): if isinstance(data, _MAC_SNAPSHOT): _macos_restore(data) return if data is None or not shutil.which(desktop().clipboard): return try: _run_copy(data) except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError): pass # --- the key press --------------------------------------------------------- def paste_ready(): """Whether a paste can be sent: the program is here, or macOS trusts us.""" return desktop().ready() def press(shortcut="", delay=0.12): """Press a paste combination, e.g. 'ctrl+v', or this desktop's own.""" here = desktop() here.press(shortcut or here.shortcuts[0], delay)