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fix: sync PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD X selections with autocutsel #8

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions Dockerfile
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Expand Up @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
openbox \
x11vnc \
websockify \
autocutsel \
wmctrl xdotool \
dbus-x11 \
pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils \
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions entrypoint.sh
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Expand Up @@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ as_app openbox &
sleep 1
as_app xsetroot -solid black

# Mirror PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD selections. x11vnc's cut-text bridging and the
# mix of Qt (CLIPBOARD) and CEF widgets inside OBS each favor one selection;
# without a sync daemon a paste target can read the one that was never set,
# which shows up as "clipboard randomly does nothing" in the viewer.
as_app autocutsel -selection CLIPBOARD -fork
as_app autocutsel -selection PRIMARY -fork

cat > "$XDG/headless.pa" <<'PA'
load-module module-native-protocol-unix
load-module module-null-sink sink_name=obs_sink sink_properties=device.description=OBS_Output
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