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Expand Up @@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ local function command_exists(cmd)
end

local function get_clipboard_cmd()
-- attempt to decide by current session's type
-- The environment variable is not a Freedesktop standard, but a Systemd one. For possible values see `man 8 pam_systemd`
local session_type = os.getenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE")
if session_type == "wayland" then
if command_exists("wl-copy") then
return "wl-copy"
else
mp.msg.error("MPV is running in a wayland environment, but suitable command was not found")
end
elseif session_type == "x11" then
if command_exists("xclip") then
return "xclip -silent -in -selection clipboard"
else
mp.msg.error("MPV is running in an X11 environment, but suitable command was not found")
end
end

-- fallback to whatever is available
if command_exists("xclip") then
return "xclip -silent -in -selection clipboard"
elseif command_exists("wl-copy") then
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