From 565174c4b8c73e9e28524709060335a0b17ee3fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grace Yoder <grace_yoder@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:45:37 -0600
Subject: feat(NSPasteboard): added objective c bridge and build changes

---
 src/Clip/NSPBBridge.m     | 12 ++++++++++++
 src/Clip/NSPasteboard.zig | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/Clip/NSPBBridge.m
 create mode 100644 src/Clip/NSPasteboard.zig

(limited to 'src/Clip')

diff --git a/src/Clip/NSPBBridge.m b/src/Clip/NSPBBridge.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e736c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Clip/NSPBBridge.m
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Simple bridge to objective_c code
+// https://nathancraddock.com/blog/writing-to-the-clipboard-the-hard-way/
+#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+NSPasteboard *pboard;
+
+void initPB() { pboard = [NSPasteboard generalPasteboard]; }
+
+void sendPB(const char *text) {
+  [pboard clearContents];
+  [pboard setString:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:text]
+            forType:NSPasteboardTypeString];
+}
diff --git a/src/Clip/NSPasteboard.zig b/src/Clip/NSPasteboard.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92c3403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Clip/NSPasteboard.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+extern fn sendPB(text: [*:0]const u8) void;
+extern fn initPB() void;
+
+test "objc bridge" {
+    initPB();
+    sendPB("test_string");
+
+    const result = try std.process.run(std.testing.allocator, std.testing.io, .{
+        .argv = &.{"pbpaste"},
+    });
+    defer std.testing.allocator.free(result.stdout);
+    defer std.testing.allocator.free(result.stderr);
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("test_string", std.mem.trim(u8, result.stdout, "\n"));
+}
+
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