sys.clipboard

sys.clipboard readwrite

Get or set data from/to the Windows clipboard. When reading, returns a table with kind and content fields, or nil if the clipboard is empty. The kind field can be "text", "files", or "image".

Notes

Example


local clipboard = sys.clipboard
if not clipboard then
  print("Windows clipboard is empty")
else
  print("Clipboard contains "..clipboard.kind..":")
  if clipboard.kind == "files" then
      for entry in each(clipboard.content) do
          print("\t"..entry.fullpath)
      end
      sys.clipboard = nil
  else
      print("\t"..(clipboard.content or "nil"))
  end
end