clipboard: add logging and healthcheck (#3271)

* add logging to clipboard setup

* healthcheck: add clipboard provider name

Co-authored-by: amitbeka <--->

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/helix-term/src/health.rs b/helix-term/src/health.rs
index f64e121d..6d49105a 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/health.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/health.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crossterm::{
 };
 use helix_core::config::{default_syntax_loader, user_syntax_loader};
 use helix_loader::grammar::load_runtime_file;
+use helix_view::clipboard::get_clipboard_provider;
 use std::io::Write;
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ pub fn general() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let lang_file = helix_loader::lang_config_file();
     let log_file = helix_loader::log_file();
     let rt_dir = helix_loader::runtime_dir();
+    let clipboard_provider = get_clipboard_provider();
 
     if config_file.exists() {
         writeln!(stdout, "Config file: {}", config_file.display())?;
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ pub fn general() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     if rt_dir.read_dir().ok().map(|it| it.count()) == Some(0) {
         writeln!(stdout, "{}", "Runtime directory is empty.".red())?;
     }
+    writeln!(stdout, "Clipboard provider: {}", clipboard_provider.name())?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/helix-view/src/clipboard.rs b/helix-view/src/clipboard.rs
index fed1deb1..4d57a5b7 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/clipboard.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/clipboard.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ pub trait ClipboardProvider: std::fmt::Debug {
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 macro_rules! command_provider {
     (paste => $get_prg:literal $( , $get_arg:literal )* ; copy => $set_prg:literal $( , $set_arg:literal )* ; ) => {{
+        log::info!(
+            "Using {} to interact with the system clipboard",
+            if $set_prg != $get_prg { format!("{}+{}", $set_prg, $get_prg)} else { $set_prg.to_string() }
+        );
         Box::new(provider::command::Provider {
             get_cmd: provider::command::Config {
                 prg: $get_prg,
@@ -36,6 +40,10 @@ macro_rules! command_provider {
      primary_paste => $pr_get_prg:literal $( , $pr_get_arg:literal )* ;
      primary_copy => $pr_set_prg:literal $( , $pr_set_arg:literal )* ;
     ) => {{
+        log::info!(
+            "Using {} to interact with the system and selection (primary) clipboard",
+            if $set_prg != $get_prg { format!("{}+{}", $set_prg, $get_prg)} else { $set_prg.to_string() }
+        );
         Box::new(provider::command::Provider {
             get_cmd: provider::command::Config {
                 prg: $get_prg,
@@ -146,6 +154,9 @@ mod provider {
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
     impl NopProvider {
         pub fn new() -> Self {
+            log::warn!(
+                "No clipboard provider found! Yanking and pasting will be internal to Helix"
+            );
             Self {
                 buf: String::new(),
                 primary_buf: String::new(),
@@ -184,6 +195,7 @@ mod provider {
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     impl ClipboardProvider for WindowsProvider {
         fn name(&self) -> Cow<str> {
+            log::info!("Using clipboard-win to interact with the system clipboard");
             Cow::Borrowed("clipboard-win")
         }