reindent win32clip.py, add s = %clip

IPython/Extensions/win32clip.py

@@ -1,29 +1,40 b''
-import IPython.ipapi
-import win32clipboard
-
-ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
-
-def clip_f(self,parameter_s = ''):
-       """Save a set of lines to the clipboard.
-
-       Usage:\\
-         %clip n1-n2 n3-n4 ... n5 .. n6 ...
-
-       This function uses the same syntax as %macro for line extraction, but
-       instead of creating a macro it saves the resulting string to the
-       clipboard."""
-
-       args = parameter_s.split()
-       if len(args) == 0:
-           return None # xxx todo return clipboard text
-       
-       ranges = args[0:]
-       cmds = ''.join(self.extract_input_slices(ranges))
-       win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
-       win32clipboard.EmptyClipboard()
-       win32clipboard.SetClipboardText(cmds)
-       win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()
-       print 'The following commands were written to the clipboard'
-       print cmds
-
-ip.expose_magic("clip",clip_f)
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+import IPython.ipapi
+
+ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
+
+def clip_f( self, parameter_s = '' ):
+    """Save a set of lines to the clipboard.
+
+    Usage:\\
+      %clip n1-n2 n3-n4 ... n5 .. n6 ...
+
+    This function uses the same syntax as %macro for line extraction, but
+    instead of creating a macro it saves the resulting string to the
+    clipboard.
+    
+    When used without arguments, this returns the text contents of the clipboard. 
+    E.g.
+    
+    mytext = %clip
+    
+    """
+
+    import win32clipboard as cl
+    import win32con
+    args = parameter_s.split()
+    cl.OpenClipboard()
+    if len( args ) == 0:
+        data = cl.GetClipboardData( win32con.CF_TEXT )
+        cl.CloseClipboard()
+        return data
+
+    ranges = args[0:]
+    cmds = ''.join( self.extract_input_slices( ranges ) )
+
+    cl.EmptyClipboard()
+    cl.SetClipboardText( cmds )
+    cl.CloseClipboard()
+    print 'The following commands were written to the clipboard'
+    print cmds
+    
+ip.expose_magic( "clip", clip_f )