Fix #12

native/liblinuxbridge/bridge.cpp

@@ -348,3 +348,15 @@ int32_t get_active_window_executable(char *buffer, int32_t size) {
 
     return 1;
 }
+
+int32_t is_current_window_terminal() {
+    char class_buffer[250];
+    int res = get_active_window_class(class_buffer, 250);
+    if (res > 0) {
+        if (strstr(class_buffer, "terminal") != NULL) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}

native/liblinuxbridge/bridge.h

@@ -71,4 +71,9 @@ extern "C" int32_t get_active_window_class(char * buffer, int32_t size);
  */
 extern "C" int32_t get_active_window_executable(char * buffer, int32_t size);
 
+/*
+ * Return 1 if the current window is a terminal window, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+extern "C" int32_t is_current_window_terminal();
+
 #endif //ESPANSO_BRIDGE_H

src/bridge/linux.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ extern {
     pub fn get_active_window_name(buffer: *mut c_char, size: i32) -> i32;
     pub fn get_active_window_class(buffer: *mut c_char, size: i32) -> i32;
     pub fn get_active_window_executable(buffer: *mut c_char, size: i32) -> i32;
+    pub fn is_current_window_terminal() -> i32;
 
     // Keyboard
     pub fn register_keypress_callback(cb: extern fn(_self: *mut c_void, *const u8,

src/keyboard/linux.rs

@@ -20,9 +20,17 @@ impl super::KeyboardManager for LinuxKeyboardManager {
     }
 
     fn trigger_paste(&self) {
-        unsafe { trigger_paste(); }
+        unsafe {
+            let is_terminal = is_current_window_terminal();
 
-        // TODO: detect when in terminal and use trigger_terminal_paste() instead
+            // Terminals use a different keyboard combination to paste from clipboard,
+            // so we need to check the correct situation.
+            if is_terminal == 0 {
+                trigger_paste();
+            }else{
+                trigger_terminal_paste();
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     fn delete_string(&self, count: i32) {