Re: Getting X selection reliably (Re: idea for capture anywhere in x)

[Max Nikulin]

On 29/10/2022 09:59, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Max Nikulin writes:
>
> > %(org-get-x-clipboard 'PRIMARY)
> > "
> >           :immediate-finish t)
> >
> > However to be at the safe side I would check if (org-get-x-clipboard
> > 'PRIMARY) value is not nil at first.
>
> My approach to this is simply showing a popup with captured heading
> after capture. If anything is wrong, I can quickly notice.
>
> Not sure if it is suitable for Samuel though.

I started with a small wrapper that checks if Emacs server is running 
and creates a new frame if it does not exist yet. So I avoided a pitfall 
with empty string instead of selection. I intentionally do not use 
:immediate-finish to inspect capture and to add some comment.

Samuel wish to have minimal distraction: no sound, no popup window, 
Emacs window is not raised in front of current application, visual 
notification should disappear after some pause.

That is why I believe that additional checks are required in such silent 
workflow to avoid missed data in notes.