-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module      :  hxsel
-- Copyright   :  (c) Andrea Rossato
-- License     :  BSD3
--
-- Maintainer  :  Andrea Rossato <andrea.rossato@unibz.it>
-- Stability   :  unstable
-- Portability :  unportable
--
--  Returns the mouse selection
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

module Main where

import Graphics.X11.Xlib
import Graphics.X11.Xlib.Extras
import System.Exit (exitWith, ExitCode(..))

import Data.Maybe
import Data.Char

main :: IO ()
main = do
  dpy <- openDisplay ""
  let dflt = defaultScreen dpy
  rootw  <- rootWindow dpy dflt
  win <- createSimpleWindow dpy rootw 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
  p <- internAtom dpy "PRIMARY" True
  ty <- internAtom dpy "UTF8_STRING" False
  clp <- internAtom dpy "BLITZ_SEL_STRING" False
  xConvertSelection dpy p ty clp win currentTime
  allocaXEvent $ \e -> do
    nextEvent dpy e
    ev <- getEvent e
    if ev_event_type ev == selectionNotify
       then do res <- getWindowProperty8 dpy clp win
               putStrLn $ map (chr . fromIntegral)  . fromMaybe [] $ res
       else do putStrLn "Failed!"
  destroyWindow dpy win
  exitWith ExitSuccess