const { chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, copyFileSync } = require('fs') const { EventEmitter } = require('events') const path = require('path') const { execFile } = require('child_process') const homeDir = require('os').homedir() class ClipboardEventListener extends EventEmitter { constructor() { super() this.child = null this.listening = false } startListening() { const { platform } = process if (platform === 'win32') { this.child = execFile(path.join(__dirname, 'platform/clipboard-event-handler-win32.exe')) } else if (platform === 'linux') { // linux: cant execFile without chmod, and cant chmod in app.asar // so we need to copy the file to /usr/bin const targetPath = path.resolve(homeDir, '.local', 'bin') const target = path.resolve(targetPath, 'clipboard-event-handler-linux') const p = path.join(__dirname, 'platform/clipboard-event-handler-linux') try { if (!existsSync(targetPath)) { // bin dir doesnt exist, create it mkdirSync(targetPath) } if (!existsSync(target)) { // copy the file copyFileSync(p, target) chmodSync(target, 0o755) } } catch (error) { this.emit('error', error) } this.child = execFile(target) } else if (platform === 'darwin') { this.child = execFile(path.join(__dirname, 'platform/clipboard-event-handler-mac')) } else { throw 'Not yet supported' } this.child.stdout.on('data', (data) => { if (data.trim() === 'CLIPBOARD_CHANGE') { this.emit('change') } }) this.child.stdout.on('close', () => { this.emit('close') this.listening = false }) this.child.stdout.on('exit', () => { this.emit('exit') this.listening = false }) this.listening = true } stopListening() { const res = this.child.kill() this.listening = false return res } } module.exports = new ClipboardEventListener()