Difference between revisions of "love.system.setClipboardText"

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=== Returns ===
 
=== Returns ===
 
Nothing.
 
Nothing.
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== Examples ==
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Set up OS agnostic keybindings for a copy paste buffer.
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<source lang="lua">
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local buffer
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function love.draw()
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  love.graphics.print(
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    "OS: "..love.system.getOS().."\n"..
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    "Local buffer: "..tostring(buffer).."\n"..
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    "System buffer: "..tostring(love.system.getClipboardText()))
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end
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function love.keypressed(key)
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  local osString = love.system.getOS()
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  local control
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  if osString == "OS X" then
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    control = love.keyboard.isDown("lgui","rgui")
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  elseif osString == "Windows" or osString == "Linux" then
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    control = love.keyboard.isDown("lctrl","rctrl")
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  end
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  if control then
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    if key == "c" then
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      if buffer then love.system.setClipboardText(buffer) end
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    end
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    if key == "v" then
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      buffer = love.system.getClipboardText()
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    end
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  end
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end
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</source>
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==

Latest revision as of 01:53, 11 March 2019

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Puts text in the clipboard.

Function

Synopsis

love.system.setClipboardText( text )

Arguments

string text
The new text to hold in the system's clipboard.

Returns

Nothing.

Examples

Set up OS agnostic keybindings for a copy paste buffer.

local buffer

function love.draw()

  love.graphics.print(
    "OS: "..love.system.getOS().."\n"..
    "Local buffer: "..tostring(buffer).."\n"..
    "System buffer: "..tostring(love.system.getClipboardText()))

end

function love.keypressed(key)

  local osString = love.system.getOS()

  local control

  if osString == "OS X" then
    control = love.keyboard.isDown("lgui","rgui")
  elseif osString == "Windows" or osString == "Linux" then
    control = love.keyboard.isDown("lctrl","rctrl")
  end

  if control then
    if key == "c" then
      if buffer then love.system.setClipboardText(buffer) end
    end
    if key == "v" then
      buffer = love.system.getClipboardText()
    end
  end

end

See Also

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