ghostty/macos/Sources/Helpers/NSPasteboard+Extension.swift

import AppKit
import GhosttyKit

extension NSPasteboard {
    /// The pasteboard to used for Ghostty selection.
    static var ghosttySelection: NSPasteboard = {
        NSPasteboard(name: .init("com.mitchellh.ghostty.selection"))
    }()

    /// Gets the contents of the pasteboard as a string following a specific set of semantics.
    /// Does these things in order:
    /// - Tries to get the absolute filesystem path of the file in the pasteboard if there is one.
    /// - Tries to get any string from the pasteboard.
    /// If all of the above fail, returns None.
    func getOpinionatedStringContents() -> String? {
        if let file = self.string(forType: .fileURL) {
            if let path = NSURL(string: file)?.path {
                return path
            }
        }

        return self.string(forType: .string)
    }

    /// The pasteboard for the Ghostty enum type.
    static func ghostty(_ clipboard: ghostty_clipboard_e) -> NSPasteboard? {
        switch (clipboard) {
        case GHOSTTY_CLIPBOARD_STANDARD:
            return Self.general

        case GHOSTTY_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION:
            return Self.ghosttySelection

        default:
            return nil
        }
    }
}