mcb.pyw

'''
Chapter 9 Reading and Writing Files

Extending the Multi-Clipboard

Extend the multi-clipboard program in this chapter so that it has a delete
<keyword> command line argument that will delete a keyword from the shelf.
Then add a delete command line argument that will delete all keywords.

'''

#! python3
# mcb.pyw - Saves and loads pieces of text to the clipboard.
# Usage: py.exe mcb.pyw save <keyword> - Saves clipboard to keyword.
# py.exe mcb.pyw <keyword> - Loads keyword to clipboard.
# py.exe mcb.pyw list - Lists all keywords.
# py.exe mcb.pyw delete <keyword> - Deletes keyword from the shelf
# py.exe mcb.pyw deleteall - Deletes all keywords

import shelve, pyperclip, sys
mcbShelf = shelve.open('mcb')

# Save clipboard content.
if len(sys.argv) == 3 and sys.argv[1].lower() == 'save':
    mcbShelf[sys.argv[2]] = pyperclip.paste()
# Delete Keyword
elif len(sys.argv) == 3 and sys.argv[1].lower() == 'delete':
    if(sys.argv[2] in mcbShelf):
        del(mcbShelf[sys.argv[2]])
elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
    
    # List keywords and load content.
    if sys.argv[1].lower() == 'list':
        pyperclip.copy(str(list(mcbShelf.keys())))
    elif sys.argv[1].lower() == 'deleteall':
        mcbShelf.clear()
    elif sys.argv[1] in mcbShelf:
        pyperclip.copy(mcbShelf[sys.argv[1]])

mcbShelf.close()