working yank script

diff --git a/examples/configs/sampleconfig-dev b/examples/configs/sampleconfig-dev
index 9196f4c..faf0162 100644 (file)
--- a/examples/configs/sampleconfig-dev
+++ b/examples/configs/sampleconfig-dev
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ bind    i         = insert_mode
 bind    B         = spawn ./examples/scripts/insert_bookmark.sh
 bind    U         = spawn ./examples/scripts/load_url_from_history.sh
 bind    u         = spawn ./examples/scripts/load_url_from_bookmarks.sh
+# with the sample yank script, you can yank one of the arguments into clipboard/selection
+bind    yurl      = spawn ./examples/scripts/yank.sh 8 primary
+bind    ytitle    = spawn ./examples/scripts/yank.sh 9 clipboard
 bind    ZZ        = exit
 bind    S         = script alert("hi");
 # example showing how to use sh

diff --git a/examples/scripts/yank.sh b/examples/scripts/yank.sh
index 0429f19..d4926be 100755 (executable)
--- a/examples/scripts/yank.sh
+++ b/examples/scripts/yank.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # use this script to pipe any variable to xclip, so you have it in your clipboard
-exit
-# this script is not done yet
-
-# can we make this universal?
-# add xclip to optdeps
+# in your uzbl config, make the first argument the number of the (later) argument you want to use (see README for list of args)
+# make the 2nd argument one of : primary, secondary, clipboard.
+# examples:
+# bind    yurl      = spawn ./examples/scripts/yank.sh 8 primary
+# bind    ytitle    = spawn ./examples/scripts/yank.sh 9 clipboard
 
 which xclip &>/dev/null || exit 1
+[ "$2" == primary -o "$2" == secondary -o "$2" == clipboard ] || exit 2
 
-echo -n `eval "$3"` #| xclip
\ No newline at end of file
+echo -n "${!1}" | xclip -selection $2
\ No newline at end of file