From 4c9d90efbb324a576234d8910f3a814d6ee0ed82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pagedown <pg.dn@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 10:30:17 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] hints kitten: Perform copy action with --program when
 matching linenum

---
 kittens/hints/main.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kittens/hints/main.py b/kittens/hints/main.py
index 4bb338d83..b296dd3b5 100644
--- a/kittens/hints/main.py
+++ b/kittens/hints/main.py
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ example:
 :code:`kitty +kitten hints --type=linenum --linenum-action=tab vim +{line} {path}`
 will open the matched path at the matched line number in vim in
 a new kitty tab. Note that in order to use :option:`--program` to copy or paste
-text, you need to use the special value :code:`self`.
+the provided arguments, you need to use the special value :code:`self`.
 
 
 --url-prefixes
@@ -749,17 +749,24 @@ def linenum_handle_result(args: List[str], data: Dict[str, Any], target_window_i
 
     if action == 'self':
         if w is not None:
-            is_copy_action = cmd[0] in ('-', '@', '*') or cmd[0].startswith('@')
-            if is_copy_action:
-                text = ' '.join(cmd[1:])
-                if cmd[0] == '-':
-                    w.paste_bytes(text)
-                elif cmd[0] == '@':
-                    set_clipboard_string(text)
-                elif cmd[0] == '*':
-                    set_primary_selection(text)
-                elif cmd[0].startswith('@'):
-                    boss.set_clipboard_buffer(cmd[0][1:], text)
+            def is_copy_action(s: str) -> bool:
+                return s in ('-', '@', '*') or s.startswith('@')
+
+            programs = list(filter(is_copy_action, data['programs'] or ()))
+            # keep for backward compatibility, previously option `--program` does not need to be specified to perform copy actions
+            if is_copy_action(cmd[0]):
+                programs.append(cmd.pop(0))
+            if programs:
+                text = ' '.join(cmd)
+                for program in programs:
+                    if program == '-':
+                        w.paste_bytes(text)
+                    elif program == '@':
+                        set_clipboard_string(text)
+                    elif program == '*':
+                        set_primary_selection(text)
+                    elif program.startswith('@'):
+                        boss.set_clipboard_buffer(program[1:], text)
             else:
                 import shlex
                 text = ' '.join(shlex.quote(arg) for arg in cmd)