new liberator.util.readFromClipboard, so also non-Firefox extensions have access to the clipboard

content/buffer.js

@@ -316,20 +316,20 @@ liberator.Buffer = function () //{{{
         "Open (put) a URL based on the current clipboard contents in a new buffer",
         function ()
         {
-            liberator.open(readFromClipboard(),
+            liberator.open(liberator.util.readFromClipboard(),
                 /\bpaste\b/.test(liberator.options["activate"]) ?
                 liberator.NEW_BACKGROUND_TAB : liberator.NEW_TAB);
         });
 
     liberator.mappings.add(modes, ["p", "<MiddleMouse>"],
         "Open (put) a URL based on the current clipboard contents in the current buffer",
-        function () { liberator.open(readFromClipboard()); });
+        function () { liberator.open(liberator.util.readFromClipboard()); });
 
     liberator.mappings.add(modes, ["P"],
         "Open (put) a URL based on the current clipboard contents in a new buffer",
         function ()
         {
-            liberator.open(readFromClipboard(),
+            liberator.open(liberator.util.readFromClipboard(),
                 /\bpaste\b/.test(liberator.options["activate"]) ?
                 liberator.NEW_TAB : liberator.NEW_BACKGROUND_TAB);
         });
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ liberator.Buffer = function () //{{{
         {
             var sel = liberator.buffer.getCurrentWord();
             if (sel)
-                liberator.copyToClipboard(sel, true);
+                liberator.util.copyToClipboard(sel, true);
             else
                 liberator.beep();
         });

content/editor.js

@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ liberator.Editor = function () //{{{
             {
                 var sel = window.content.document.getSelection();
                 if (sel)
-                    liberator.copyToClipboard(sel, true);
+                    liberator.util.copyToClipboard(sel, true);
                 else
                     liberator.beep();
             }
@@ -494,14 +494,14 @@ liberator.Editor = function () //{{{
         {
             var elt = window.document.commandDispatcher.focusedElement;
 
-            if (elt.setSelectionRange && readFromClipboard())
+            if (elt.setSelectionRange && liberator.util.readFromClipboard())
                 // readFromClipboard would return 'undefined' if not checked
                 // dunno about .setSelectionRange
             {
                 var rangeStart = elt.selectionStart; // caret position
                 var rangeEnd = elt.selectionEnd;
                 var tempStr1 = elt.value.substring(0, rangeStart);
-                var tempStr2 = readFromClipboard();
+                var tempStr2 = liberator.util.readFromClipboard();
                 var tempStr3 = elt.value.substring(rangeEnd);
                 elt.value = tempStr1 + tempStr2  + tempStr3;
                 elt.selectionStart = rangeStart + tempStr2.length;

content/hints.js

@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
             case "V": liberator.buffer.viewSource(loc, true); break;
             case "w": liberator.buffer.followLink(elem, liberator.NEW_WINDOW);  break;
             case "W": liberator.commandline.open(":", "winopen " + loc, liberator.modes.EX); break;
-            case "y": setTimeout(function(){liberator.copyToClipboard(loc, true)}, timeout + 50); break;
-            case "Y": setTimeout(function(){liberator.copyToClipboard(elem.textContent || "", true)}, timeout + 50); break;
+            case "y": setTimeout(function(){liberator.util.copyToClipboard(loc, true)}, timeout + 50); break;
+            case "Y": setTimeout(function(){liberator.util.copyToClipboard(elem.textContent || "", true)}, timeout + 50); break;
             default:
                 liberator.echoerr("INTERNAL ERROR: unknown submode: " + submode);
         }

content/liberator.js

@@ -463,17 +463,6 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
             }
         },
 
-        // XXX? move to liberator.util?
-        copyToClipboard: function (str, verbose)
-        {
-            var clipboardHelper = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/widget/clipboardhelper;1"]
-                .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIClipboardHelper);
-            clipboardHelper.copyString(str);
-
-            if (verbose)
-                liberator.echo("Yanked " + str, liberator.commandline.FORCE_SINGLELINE);
-        },
-
         // Execute an ex command like str=":zoom 300"
         execute: function (str, modifiers)
         {

content/ui.js

@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
 
                 // copy text to clipboard
                 case "<C-y>":
-                    liberator.copyToClipboard(win.getSelection());
+                    liberator.util.copyToClipboard(win.getSelection());
                     break;
 
                 // close the window

content/util.js

@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ liberator.util = { //{{{
         return "<unknown type>";
     },
 
+    copyToClipboard: function (str, verbose)
+    {
+        var clipboardHelper = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/widget/clipboardhelper;1"]
+            .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIClipboardHelper);
+        clipboardHelper.copyString(str);
+
+        if (verbose)
+            liberator.echo("Yanked " + str, liberator.commandline.FORCE_SINGLELINE);
+    },
+
     escapeHTML: function (str)
     {
         // XXX: the following code is _much_ slower than a simple .replace()
@@ -236,6 +246,34 @@ liberator.util = { //{{{
         return string;
     },
 
+    // same as Firefox's readFromClipboard function, but needed for apps like Thunderbird
+    readFromClipboard: function()
+    {
+        var url;
+        try
+        {
+            var clipboard = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/widget/clipboard;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIClipboard);
+            var trans = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/widget/transferable;1'].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsITransferable);
+            trans.addDataFlavor("text/unicode");
+            if (clipboard.supportsSelectionClipboard())
+                clipboard.getData(trans, clipboard.kSelectionClipboard);
+            else 
+                clipboard.getData(trans, clipboard.kGlobalClipboard);
+
+            var data = {};
+            var dataLen = {};
+            trans.getTransferData("text/unicode", data, dataLen);
+            if (data)
+            {
+                data = data.value.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsISupportsString);
+                url = data.data.substring(0, dataLen.value / 2);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (ex) { }
+
+        return url;
+    },
+
     // takes a string like 'google bla, www.osnews.com'
     // and returns an array ['www.google.com/search?q=bla', 'www.osnews.com']
     stringToURLArray: function (str)

content/vimperator.js

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ liberator.config = {
     
         liberator.mappings.add([liberator.modes.NORMAL],
             ["y"], "Yank current location to the clipboard",
-            function () { liberator.copyToClipboard(liberator.buffer.URL, true); });
+            function () { liberator.util.copyToClipboard(liberator.buffer.URL, true); });
 
         // opening websites
         liberator.mappings.add([liberator.modes.NORMAL],