scripts/dmenu_snips.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import argparse
import locale
import os
import subprocess
import yaml
SNIPS_PATH = os.path.expanduser(os.environ.get('SNIPS_PATH', '~/.snips'))
codec = locale.getpreferredencoding()
def dmenu(options, args=None):
cmd = ['dmenu']
if args:
cmd += args
p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
with p.stdout:
with p.stdin:
for option in options:
p.stdin.write(option.encode(codec) + b'\n')
return p.stdout.read().strip().decode(codec)
def load_snips(path):
with open(path) as f:
return yaml.safe_load(f)
def xclip(data, selection='clipboard'):
cmd = ['xclip', '-selection', selection]
p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
with p.stdin:
p.stdin.write(data.encode(codec))
def parse_args():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument(
'snips', nargs='?', default=SNIPS_PATH,
help='Path to snips YAML document',
)
parser.add_argument(
'--selection', '-s', default='clipboard',
help='X11 selection (clipboard) to use',
)
return parser.parse_args()
def main():
args = parse_args()
snips = load_snips(args.snips)
selected = dmenu(sorted(snips.keys()), ['-i'])
xclip(snips[selected], args.selection)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()