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Support copy command on windows and wsl #1153

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Support copy command on windows and wsl
hogelog Dec 27, 2025
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Don't use Gem.win_platform?
hogelog Dec 29, 2025
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Stop the workaround for windows environment
hogelog Dec 29, 2025
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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions lib/irb/command/copy.rb
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Expand Up @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ def copy_to_clipboard(text)
def clipboard_program
@clipboard_program ||= if IRB.conf[:COPY_COMMAND]
IRB.conf[:COPY_COMMAND]
elsif executable?("clip.exe")
"clip.exe"
elsif executable?("pbcopy")
"pbcopy"
elsif executable?("xclip")
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end

def executable?(command)
system("which #{command} > /dev/null 2>&1")
if windows?
system("where #{command} > NUL 2>&1")
else
system("which #{command} > /dev/null 2>&1")
end
end

def clipboard_available?
!!clipboard_program
windows? || !!clipboard_program
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I think windows? || part is not needed. clipboard_program now checks executable?("clip.exe") with the correct command "where #{command} > NUL 2>&1" and returns true if clip.exe exists.

Other part of this pull request looks good 👍

end

def windows?
/mingw|mswin/.match?(RUBY_PLATFORM)
end
end
end
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