(lispkit system pasteboard)

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(lispkit system pasteboard)

Library (lispkit system pasteboard) provides a simple API for interfacing with the system pasteboard. The type of content copied to the pasteboard or pasted from it is described with lists of .

(pasteboard-change-count)

Returns a change count number. Changes to this number reflect state changes to the system pasteboard.

(pasteboard-empty?)

Returns #t if the system pasteboard is empty; #f otherwise.

(pasteboard-contains? type)

Returns #t if the pasteboard contains an entry and this entry is of the given type. type is either a string or a list of strings. Each string is a uniform type identifier (UTI) such as public.data, public.plain-text, public.utf8-plain-text, public.rtf, public.html, public.url, public.file-url, public.image, public.png, public.jpeg, etc.

(pasteboard-types)

Returns a list of strings describing the type of content available in the system pasteboard. Each type is a string containing a uniform type identifier (UTI) such as public.data, public.plain-text, public.utf8-plain-text, public.rtf, public.html, public.url, public.file-url, public.image, public.png, public.jpeg, etc. An empty list is returned when the pasteboard is empty.

(pasteboard-ref)

Returns a value representing the content in the pasteboard. #f is returned if the pasteboard is empty. Values of the following data types are being returned: images, colors, styled text, strings, and bytevectors.

(pasteboard-ref-string) (pasteboard-ref-string type)

Returns a string representation of the content in the pasteboard for the given type. #f is returned if the pasteboard is empty. type is a uniform type identifier (UTI) such as public.data, public.plain-text, public.utf8-plain-text, public.rtf, public.html, public.url, public.file-url, public.image, public.png, public.jpeg, etc. If type is not provided, public.plain-text is used as a default.

(pasteboard-ref-data) (pasteboard-ref-data type)

(pasteboard-set! expr) (pasteboard-set! expr type) (pasteboard-set! expr type local) (pasteboard-set! expr type local expiry)

Copies expr into the pasteboard, delaring it to be of the given type. type is a uniform type identifier (UTI) such as public.data, public.plain-text, public.utf8-plain-text, public.rtf, public.html, public.url, public.file-url, public.image, public.png, public.jpeg, etc. local is a boolean, indicating whether to keep the pasteboard content local to the device or allow it to be published to other devices. expiry is a date at which the pasteboard is automatically cleared. It is #f by default and only supported on iOS.