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CopyQ Command: Replace selected text with a script
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| [Command] | |
| Command=" | |
| copyq: | |
| // path to python script | |
| // (always use forward slash as path separator) | |
| script = 'c:/scripts/modify_text.py' | |
| // get old text from clipboard | |
| var oldText = str(clipboard()) | |
| try { | |
| // copies selected text | |
| copy() | |
| // get the copied text from clipboard | |
| var text = str(clipboard()) | |
| // do something with the text | |
| // - this launches a python script and writes the text to standard input | |
| // - you can remove the null to pass the text as argument | |
| var result = execute('python', script, null, text) | |
| // handle script errors | |
| if (!result) | |
| throw 'Failed to launch script' | |
| if (result.exit_code != 0) | |
| throw 'Script failed: ' + str(results.stderr) | |
| // - get the new text from script's standard output | |
| var newText = str(result.stdout) | |
| popup('Script input', text) | |
| popup('Script output', newText) | |
| // copy and paste the new text | |
| // - some sleep/wait may be required required | |
| copy(newText) | |
| sleep(200) | |
| paste() | |
| sleep(200) | |
| } catch (e) { | |
| popup('Failed to replace text', e) | |
| } | |
| // revert the old text to clipboard | |
| copy(oldText)" | |
| GlobalShortcut=ctrl+shift+z | |
| Icon=\xf3e2 | |
| IsGlobalShortcut=true | |
| Name=Replace Text With Script |
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