Make Clipboard the default backend on Linux. Partial fix for #76

src/clipboard/linux.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ impl super::ClipboardManager for LinuxClipboardManager {
                 if let Err(e) = res {
                     error!("Could not set clipboard: {}", e);
                 }
+
+                let res = child.wait();
+
+                if let Err(e) = res {
+                    error!("Could not set clipboard: {}", e);
+                }
             }
         }
     }

src/config/mod.rs

@@ -148,9 +148,22 @@ pub enum BackendType {
     Clipboard
 }
 impl Default for BackendType {
+    // The default backend varies based on the operating system.
+    // On Windows and macOS, the Inject backend is working great and should
+    // be preferred as it doesn't override the clipboard.
+    // On the other hand, on linux it has many problems due to the bugs
+    // of the libxdo used. For this reason, Clipboard will be the default
+    // backend on Linux from version v0.3.0
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
     fn default() -> Self {
         BackendType::Inject
     }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        BackendType::Clipboard
+    }
 }
 
 impl Configs {

src/main.rs

@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ fn daemon_main(config_set: ConfigSet) {
     log_panics::init();
 
     info!("espanso version {}", VERSION);
+    info!("using config path: {}", context::get_config_dir().to_string_lossy());
+    info!("using package path: {}", context::get_package_dir().to_string_lossy());
     info!("starting daemon...");
 
     let (send_channel, receive_channel) = mpsc::channel();