Clippy - Helping you copy text to your clipboard
Clippy is a very simple Flash widget that makes it possible to place arbitrary text onto the client's clipboard. Here is what Clippy looks like on GitHub:
Here is a sample Rails (Ruby) helper that can be used to place Clippy on a page:
def clippy(text, bgcolor='#FFFFFF')
html = <<-EOF
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
width="110"
height="14"
id="clippy" >
<param name="movie" value="/flash/clippy.swf"/>
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="scale" value="noscale" />
<param NAME="FlashVars" value="text=#{text}">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#{bgcolor}">
<embed src="/flash/clippy.swf"
width="110"
height="14"
name="clippy"
quality="high"
allowScriptAccess="always"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
FlashVars="text=#{text}"
bgcolor="#{bgcolor}"
/>
</object>
EOF
end
Installation (Pre-Built SWF)
If you want to use Clippy unmodified, just copy build/clippy.swf
to your
public
directory or wherever your static assets can be found.
Installation (Compiling)
In order to compile Clippy from source, you need to install the following:
The haXe code is in clippy.hx
, the button images are in assets
, and the
compiler config is in compile.hxml
. Make sure you look at all of these to
see where and what you'll need to modify. To compile everything into a final
SWF, run the following from Clippy's root directory:
swfmill simple library.xml library.swf && haxe compile.hxml
If that is successful, copy build/clippy.swf
to your
public
directory or wherever your static assets can be found.
Contribute
If you'd like to hack on Clippy, start by forking my repo on GitHub:
http://github.com/mojombo/clippy
The best way to get your changes merged back into core is as follows:
- Clone down your fork
- Create a topic branch to contain your change
- Hack away
- If you are adding new functionality, document it in README.md
- If necessary, rebase your commits into logical chunks, without errors
- Push the branch up to GitHub
- Send me (mojombo) a pull request for your branch
License
MIT License (see LICENSE file)