const { EventEmitter } = require('events'); const path = require('path'); const { execFile, exec } = require('child_process'); class ClipboardEventListener extends EventEmitter { constructor() { super(); this.child = null; } startListening() { const { platform } = process; if (platform === 'win32') { this.child = execFile(path.join(__dirname, 'platform/clipboard-event-handler-mac')); } else if (platform === 'linux') { // manually install clipboard-event-handler-linux to /usr/local/bin this.child = exec('clipboard-event-handler-linux') } 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', (code) => { this.emit('close', code); }); this.child.stdout.on('exit', (code) => { this.emit('exit', code); }); } stopListening() { const res = this.child.kill(); return res; } } module.exports = new ClipboardEventListener();