fix: read macOS clipboard without subprocess startup

docs/editing.md

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ For other applications, characterwise multi-selection exports join fragments wit
 
 System paste validates UTF-8, unsupported controls, newlines, and a 4 MiB limit before editing; CRLF/CR normalize to LF. System exports also have a 4 MiB limit. Provider failures report an error without deleting/changing buffer text, caret/selection state, history, or repeat intent. No silent internal fallback occurs in System mode; choose Separate if clipboard access is unavailable. A native provider that fails after publishing may already have changed OS clipboard formats; vamp cannot roll that external side effect back.
 
-macOS copies publish UTF-8 plain text directly through the native pasteboard API, avoiding interpreter/process startup for every copy or cut; paste reads still use `osascript` with JXA/AppKit. Linux Wayland uses `wl-paste`/`wl-copy`, and Linux X11 uses `xclip`. Linux tools must be on PATH with the corresponding display environment. Other platforms report unsupported access; choose Separate mode when system clipboard access is unavailable.
+macOS copies publish UTF-8 plain text through the native pasteboard API, and pastes read text directly through AppKit, avoiding interpreter/process startup for every copy, cut, or paste. Linux Wayland uses `wl-paste`/`wl-copy`, and Linux X11 uses `xclip`. Linux tools must be on PATH with the corresponding display environment. Other platforms report unsupported access; choose Separate mode when system clipboard access is unavailable.
 
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src/clipboard.rs

@@ -4,17 +4,6 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 const MAX_CLIPBOARD_BYTES: usize = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
 const COMMAND_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-const MAC_READ: &str = r#"
-ObjC.import('AppKit');
-function run() {
-    var text = $.NSPasteboard.generalPasteboard.stringForType($.NSPasteboardTypeString);
-    if (text.isNil()) return;
-    $.NSFileHandle.fileHandleWithStandardOutput.writeData(
-        text.dataUsingEncoding($.NSUTF8StringEncoding));
-}
-"#;
-
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum ClipboardMode {
     System,
@@ -27,7 +16,7 @@ struct ClipboardCommand {
 }
 
 struct Commands {
-    reader: ClipboardCommand,
+    reader: Option<ClipboardCommand>,
     writer: Option<ClipboardCommand>,
 }
 
@@ -54,10 +43,10 @@ impl SystemClipboard {
     pub(crate) fn with_commands(reader: PathBuf, writer: PathBuf) -> Self {
         Self {
             commands: Some(Ok(Commands {
-                reader: ClipboardCommand {
+                reader: Some(ClipboardCommand {
                     program: reader,
                     args: &[],
-                },
+                }),
                 writer: Some(ClipboardCommand {
                     program: writer,
                     args: &[],
@@ -70,9 +59,16 @@ impl SystemClipboard {
     pub fn read(&mut self) -> Result<String, String> {
         let timeout = self.timeout;
         let commands = self.commands.get_or_insert_with(select_commands);
-        let command = &commands.as_ref().map_err(Clone::clone)?.reader;
+        match &commands.as_ref().map_err(Clone::clone)?.reader {
-        let bytes = run(command, None, timeout)?;
+            Some(command) => {
-        String::from_utf8(bytes).map_err(|_| "System clipboard is not valid UTF-8".into())
+                let bytes = run(command, None, timeout)?;
+                String::from_utf8(bytes).map_err(|_| "System clipboard is not valid UTF-8".into())
+            }
+            #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+            None => macos::read(),
+            #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+            None => Err("System clipboard is unsupported on this platform".into()),
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn write(&mut self, text: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
@@ -91,7 +87,7 @@ impl SystemClipboard {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux"))]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 fn executable(name: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
@@ -109,10 +105,7 @@ fn select_commands() -> Result<Commands, String> {
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     {
         Ok(Commands {
-            reader: ClipboardCommand {
+            reader: None,
-                program: executable("osascript").unwrap_or_else(|| "/usr/bin/osascript".into()),
-                args: &["-l", "JavaScript", "-e", MAC_READ],
-            },
             writer: None,
         })
     }
@@ -121,10 +114,10 @@ fn select_commands() -> Result<Commands, String> {
         if std::env::var_os("WAYLAND_DISPLAY").is_some_and(|value| !value.is_empty()) {
             if let (Some(reader), Some(writer)) = (executable("wl-paste"), executable("wl-copy")) {
                 return Ok(Commands {
-                    reader: ClipboardCommand {
+                    reader: Some(ClipboardCommand {
                         program: reader,
                         args: &["--no-newline", "--type", "text"],
-                    },
+                    }),
                     writer: Some(ClipboardCommand {
                         program: writer,
                         args: &["--type", "text/plain;charset=utf-8"],
@@ -135,10 +128,10 @@ fn select_commands() -> Result<Commands, String> {
         if std::env::var_os("DISPLAY").is_some_and(|value| !value.is_empty()) {
             if let Some(program) = executable("xclip") {
                 return Ok(Commands {
-                    reader: ClipboardCommand {
+                    reader: Some(ClipboardCommand {
                         program: program.clone(),
                         args: &["-selection", "clipboard", "-target", "UTF8_STRING", "-out"],
-                    },
+                    }),
                     writer: Some(ClipboardCommand {
                         program,
                         args: &["-selection", "clipboard", "-target", "UTF8_STRING", "-in"],
@@ -250,6 +243,85 @@ mod macos {
         write_to(name.0, text)
     }
 
+    #[link(name = "AppKit", kind = "framework")]
+    unsafe extern "C" {
+        static NSPasteboardTypeString: Object;
+    }
+
+    #[link(name = "objc")]
+    unsafe extern "C" {
+        fn objc_getClass(name: *const c_char) -> Object;
+        fn sel_registerName(name: *const c_char) -> Object;
+        fn objc_msgSend();
+        fn objc_autoreleasePoolPush() -> Object;
+        fn objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool: Object);
+    }
+
+    struct AutoreleasePool(Object);
+    impl Drop for AutoreleasePool {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            // SAFETY: this pool was pushed on the same thread.
+            unsafe { objc_autoreleasePoolPop(self.0) };
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn read_from(board: Object) -> Result<String, String> {
+        // SAFETY: receivers are live AppKit objects; each cast matches the
+        // selected Objective-C method's ABI. The caller owns an autorelease pool.
+        unsafe {
+            let string: unsafe extern "C" fn(Object, Object, Object) -> Object =
+                std::mem::transmute(objc_msgSend as unsafe extern "C" fn());
+            let text = string(
+                board,
+                sel_registerName(c"stringForType:".as_ptr()),
+                NSPasteboardTypeString,
+            );
+            if text.is_null() {
+                return Ok(String::new());
+            }
+            let encode: unsafe extern "C" fn(Object, Object, usize) -> Object =
+                std::mem::transmute(objc_msgSend as unsafe extern "C" fn());
+            let data = encode(text, sel_registerName(c"dataUsingEncoding:".as_ptr()), 4);
+            if data.is_null() {
+                return Err("System clipboard is not valid UTF-8".into());
+            }
+            let length: unsafe extern "C" fn(Object, Object) -> usize =
+                std::mem::transmute(objc_msgSend as unsafe extern "C" fn());
+            let length = length(data, sel_registerName(c"length".as_ptr()));
+            if length > super::MAX_CLIPBOARD_BYTES {
+                return Err("System clipboard text exceeds 4 MiB".into());
+            }
+            if length == 0 {
+                return Ok(String::new());
+            }
+            let bytes: unsafe extern "C" fn(Object, Object) -> *const u8 =
+                std::mem::transmute(objc_msgSend as unsafe extern "C" fn());
+            let bytes = std::slice::from_raw_parts(
+                bytes(data, sel_registerName(c"bytes".as_ptr())),
+                length,
+            );
+            String::from_utf8(bytes.to_vec())
+                .map_err(|_| "System clipboard is not valid UTF-8".into())
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn read() -> Result<String, String> {
+        // SAFETY: AppKit class and selector names are static C strings.
+        unsafe {
+            let _pool = AutoreleasePool(objc_autoreleasePoolPush());
+            let send: unsafe extern "C" fn(Object, Object) -> Object =
+                std::mem::transmute(objc_msgSend as unsafe extern "C" fn());
+            let board = send(
+                objc_getClass(c"NSPasteboard".as_ptr()),
+                sel_registerName(c"generalPasteboard".as_ptr()),
+            );
+            if board.is_null() {
+                return Err("Cannot open system clipboard".into());
+            }
+            read_from(board)
+        }
+    }
+
     #[cfg(test)]
     mod tests {
         use super::*;
@@ -272,6 +344,7 @@ mod macos {
         #[test]
         fn native_publication_preserves_plain_utf8_bytes_on_an_isolated_pasteboard() {
             // A private pasteboard leaves the user's clipboard untouched.
+            let _pool = unsafe { AutoreleasePool(objc_autoreleasePoolPush()) };
             let name = unsafe {
                 Owned::new(CFStringCreateWithCString(
                     ptr::null(),
@@ -285,6 +358,15 @@ mod macos {
                 check(PasteboardCreate(name.0, &mut board)).unwrap();
                 Owned::new(board).unwrap()
             };
+            let reader = unsafe {
+                let send: unsafe extern "C" fn(Object, Object, Object) -> Object =
+                    std::mem::transmute(objc_msgSend as unsafe extern "C" fn());
+                send(
+                    objc_getClass(c"NSPasteboard".as_ptr()),
+                    sel_registerName(c"pasteboardWithName:".as_ptr()),
+                    name.0,
+                )
+            };
             for text in [
                 "",
                 "é e\u{301} 👨‍💻\n\0tail",
@@ -292,6 +374,7 @@ mod macos {
                 "%!PS-Adobe-3.0\nplain",
             ] {
                 write_to(name.0, text).unwrap();
+                assert_eq!(read_from(reader).unwrap(), text);
                 unsafe {
                     PasteboardSynchronize(board.0);
                     let mut item = 0;
@@ -317,6 +400,14 @@ mod macos {
                     assert_eq!(bytes, text.as_bytes());
                 }
             }
+            let maximum = "x".repeat(super::super::MAX_CLIPBOARD_BYTES);
+            write_to(name.0, &maximum).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(read_from(reader).unwrap(), maximum);
+            write_to(name.0, &(maximum + "x")).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                read_from(reader).unwrap_err(),
+                "System clipboard text exceeds 4 MiB"
+            );
         }
     }
 }