From c228995f20e16a97ad6baff05a0d46d3fffe3295 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grace Yoder <grace_yoder@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 19:43:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: added ForkOut backend and now forks out to `xclip` and
 `wl-copy` on linux

---
 build.zig.zon        |  2 +-
 src/Clip.zig         |  2 ++
 src/Clip/ForkOut.zig | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/main.zig         | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/Clip/ForkOut.zig

diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 0f1d653..14a1d13 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .{
     .name = .tpb,
-    .version = "0.1.0",
+    .version = "0.1.1",
     .fingerprint = 0x203a601c46df0265,
     .minimum_zig_version = "0.16.0",
     .paths = .{
diff --git a/src/Clip.zig b/src/Clip.zig
index 299d4c6..7a379a3 100644
--- a/src/Clip.zig
+++ b/src/Clip.zig
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ pub const OSC52 = @import("Clip/OSC52.zig");
 pub const NSPasteboard =
     if (builtin.target.os.tag == .macos) @import("Clip/NSPasteboard.zig") else void;
 
+pub const ForkOut = @import("Clip/ForkOut.zig");
+
 // I am not sure if this is super idiomatic Zig or if this is bad practice, but
 // by ensuring that all Clip backends implement the same methods, we are able
 // to use the `anytype` type and we are able to have an interface that is able
diff --git a/src/Clip/ForkOut.zig b/src/Clip/ForkOut.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97c5377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Clip/ForkOut.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/// ForkOut Clipboard backend
+/// Fulfills `Clip` interface
+pub const ForkOut = @This();
+
+const std = @import("std");
+
+extern fn sendPB(text: [*:0]const u8) void;
+extern fn initPB() void;
+
+io: std.Io,
+
+child: std.process.Child,
+
+pub fn init(io: std.Io, argv: []const []const u8) !ForkOut {
+    return .{ .child = try std.process.spawn(io, .{ .argv = argv, .stdin = .pipe }), .io = io };
+}
+
+pub fn writeCopyBuffer(self: *ForkOut, buf: []const u8) anyerror!void {
+    try self.child.stdin.?.writeStreamingAll(self.io, buf);
+}
+
+pub fn writePasteboard(self: *ForkOut) anyerror!void {
+    self.child.stdin.?.close(self.io);
+}
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index bb0aa14..60b498d 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
         return;
     }
 
+    // I don't like this but it will stay until I review how dispatch works
+    // with zig since I will probably be refactoring there
+    linux: {
+        const xdg_type = init.environ_map.get("XDG_SESSION_TYPE") orelse "";
+
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, xdg_type, "wayland")) {
+            var clip = Clip.ForkOut.init(io, &[_][]const u8{"wl-copy"}) catch break :linux;
+            try run(io, &clip);
+            return;
+        } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, xdg_type, "x11")) {
+            var clip = Clip.ForkOut.init(io, &[_][]const u8{ "xclip", "-selection", "clipboard" }) catch break :linux;
+            try run(io, &clip);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     // Fallback Clipboard
     var clip = try Clip.OSC52.init(alloc, io, size);
     defer clip.free();