From 6d4c159bf50cc71974de6c40e13178b2af07c3f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cyphercodes <cyphercodes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:34:53 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(clipboard): force text/plain for wayland copies

Signed-off-by: cyphercodes <cyphercodes@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 internal/clipboard/clipboard.go      | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 internal/clipboard/clipboard_test.go | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 internal/clipboard/clipboard_test.go

diff --git a/internal/clipboard/clipboard.go b/internal/clipboard/clipboard.go
index 3a57caf431..e7d4d5c546 100644
--- a/internal/clipboard/clipboard.go
+++ b/internal/clipboard/clipboard.go
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package clipboard
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 
 	"github.com/zyedidia/clipper"
 )
@@ -42,10 +46,11 @@ func Initialize(m Method) error {
 	var err error
 	switch m {
 	case External:
-		clips := make([]clipper.Clipboard, 0, len(clipper.Clipboards)+1)
+		clips := make([]clipper.Clipboard, 0, len(clipper.Clipboards)+2)
 		clips = append(clips, &clipper.Custom{
 			Name: "micro-clip",
 		})
+		clips = append(clips, &waylandTextClipboard{})
 		clips = append(clips, clipper.Clipboards...)
 		clipboard, err = clipper.GetClipboard(clips...)
 	}
@@ -161,3 +166,56 @@ func write(text string, r Register, m Method) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+type waylandTextClipboard struct{}
+
+func (wl *waylandTextClipboard) Init() error {
+	if os.Getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY") == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Wayland display not found")
+	}
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath("wl-paste"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("wl-copy")
+	return err
+}
+
+func (wl *waylandTextClipboard) ReadAll(reg string) ([]byte, error) {
+	args, err := waylandPasteArgs(reg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return exec.Command("wl-paste", args...).Output()
+}
+
+func (wl *waylandTextClipboard) WriteAll(reg string, p []byte) error {
+	args, err := waylandCopyArgs(reg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command("wl-copy", args...)
+	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(p)
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
+
+func waylandPasteArgs(reg string) ([]string, error) {
+	switch reg {
+	case clipper.RegClipboard:
+		return []string{"--no-newline"}, nil
+	case clipper.RegPrimary:
+		return []string{"--no-newline", "--primary"}, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, &clipper.ErrInvalidReg{Reg: reg}
+	}
+}
+
+func waylandCopyArgs(reg string) ([]string, error) {
+	switch reg {
+	case clipper.RegClipboard:
+		return []string{"--type", "text/plain"}, nil
+	case clipper.RegPrimary:
+		return []string{"--type", "text/plain", "--primary"}, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, &clipper.ErrInvalidReg{Reg: reg}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/clipboard/clipboard_test.go b/internal/clipboard/clipboard_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcf8871a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/clipboard/clipboard_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package clipboard
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/zyedidia/clipper"
+)
+
+func TestWaylandCopyArgsForceTextPlain(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		reg  string
+		want []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "clipboard",
+			reg:  clipper.RegClipboard,
+			want: []string{"--type", "text/plain"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "primary",
+			reg:  clipper.RegPrimary,
+			want: []string{"--type", "text/plain", "--primary"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := waylandCopyArgs(tt.reg)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if len(got) != len(tt.want) {
+				t.Fatalf("args = %#v, want %#v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+			for i := range got {
+				if got[i] != tt.want[i] {
+					t.Fatalf("args = %#v, want %#v", got, tt.want)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWaylandCopyArgsRejectInvalidRegister(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := waylandCopyArgs("invalid")
+	var invalid *clipper.ErrInvalidReg
+	if !errors.As(err, &invalid) {
+		t.Fatalf("err = %v, want ErrInvalidReg", err)
+	}
+}