nnn

commit fde7d5ff9239788495c5a36c0122084224c7754e
parent e7ebda48a29fcfbc5d67473988514809d9427953
Author: Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun,  8 Feb 2026 09:16:27 +0530

Copy and move from system clipboard to current directory

Diffstat:
M
README.md
 | 
1
+
M
src/nnn.c
 | 
18
++++++++++++------

2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ Runs on the Pi, [Termux](https://www.youtube.com/embed/AbaauM7gUJw) (Android), L
   - Batch renamer for selection or dir
   - List input stream of file paths from stdin or plugin
   - Copy (as), move (as), delete, archive, link selection
+  - Easily copy, move paths in system clipboard to current dir
   - Dir updates, notification on `cp`, `mv`, `rm` completion
   - Copy file paths to system clipboard on select
   - Launch apps, run commands, spawn a shell, toggle exe
diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ static void endselection(bool endselmode)
 }
 
 /* Returns: 1 - success, 0 - none selected, -1 - other failure */
-static int editselection(void)
+static int editselection(bool allowemptysel)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
 	int fd, lines = 0;
@@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ static int editselection(void)
 	struct stat sb;
 	time_t mtime;
 
-	if (!selbufpos) /* External selection is only editable at source */
+	if (!allowemptysel && !selbufpos) /* External selection is only editable at source */
 		return listselfile();
 
 	fd = create_tmp_file();
@@ -2124,7 +2124,8 @@ static int editselection(void)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	seltofile(fd, NULL, NEWLINE);
+	if (!allowemptysel)
+		seltofile(fd, NULL, NEWLINE);
 	if (close(fd)) {
 		DPRINTF_S(strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
@@ -2165,7 +2166,9 @@ static int editselection(void)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (sb.st_size > selbufpos) {
+	if (allowemptysel)
+		selbufrealloc(sb.st_size);
+	else if (sb.st_size > selbufpos) {
 		DPRINTF_S("edited buffer larger than previous");
 		if (unlink(g_tmpfpath)) {
 			DPRINTF_S(strerror(errno));
@@ -2211,7 +2214,7 @@ static int editselection(void)
 	/* Add a line for the last file */
 	++lines;
 
-	if (lines > nselected) {
+	if (!allowemptysel && (lines > nselected)) {
 		DPRINTF_S("files added to selection");
 		goto emptyedit;
 	}
@@ -2750,6 +2753,9 @@ static bool cpmvrm_selection(enum action sel, char *path)
 {
 	int r;
 
+	if ((sel == SEL_CP || sel == SEL_MV) && isselfileempty())
+		editselection(TRUE);
+
 	if (isselfileempty()) {
 		if (nselected)
 			clearselection();
@@ -8576,7 +8582,7 @@ nochange:
 #endif
 			continue;
 		case SEL_SELEDIT:
-			r = editselection();
+			r = editselection(FALSE);
 			if (r <= 0) {
 				r = !r ? MSG_0_SELECTED : MSG_FAILED;
 				printwait(messages[r], &presel);