Scriptable Features: User can define functions to map/process clipboard item(s) before pasting. about cutbox

[jasonm23]

This will replace the join / wrapping strings items in preferences.

I will need to define:

• How to adding user-defined functions to CutBox. _MVP: add functions via ~/.cutbox.js

[jasonm23]

Initial push of this feature will be released in 1.1.0 today.

Documentation is still TODO, basic usage as below:

1. Items you've selected will be in the Javascript environment as items (if you only select one item will still be in items)
2. Cutbox will evaluate the Javascript and fetch the value of paste

Anything you do in between is up to you.

To trigger a paste which uses your javascript use: Cmd + Enter

For now, everything needs to be available in ~/.cutbox.js I've considered adding useful libs (i.e. LoDash), but I think it's better if you just build a single file for the moment, and JS has a lot built in for filtering arrays etc. So maybe, maybe not.

More important will be allowing you to do things that give you a way of selecting one of many actions that you've scripted. The keyboard interaction part is the way I'd use it, but giving people a programmable GUI menu / HUD etc. would be a nice way to make it user friendly.

I'm rambling.

[jasonm23]

Quick examples

Pressing Cmd + Enter to process with JS and paste:

Assuming: items
Lorem ipsum
Dolor sit amet
Bob the goat

var mapped = items.map((e) => `<p>${e}</p>`)
var paste = `<div>${mapped.join("\n")}</div>`

<div><p>Lorem ipsum</p>
<p>Dolor sit amet</p>
<p>Bob the goat</p></div>

More examples:

Transform text pasted to uppercase

var paste = this.items.map((e) => e.toUpperCase() ).join("\n");

LOREM IPSUM
DOLOR SIT AMET
BOB THE GOAT

Transform text pasted to lowercase

var paste = this.items.map((e) => e.toLowerCase() ).join("\n");

lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet
bob the goat

[jasonm23]

At this point, I don't think this is a particularly useful feature, but I wanted to open it up as soon as possible for people to use, so I can get feedback if any is coming, and to get an idea of the way people want to use this.

For myself, it would be useful to be able to define a number of different transformers that I can choose from when I do Cmd + Enter

Showing a secondary popup with a list of actions available, would be relatively easy to deliver and I can iterate on that based on how I use it, or other user feedback.

[jasonm23]

1.1.0 is released.