Where to put NSPasteboard

[flexzuu]

I was investigating NSPasteboard and got some api covered now

package nspasteboard

import (
	"github.com/progrium/macdriver/core"
	"github.com/progrium/macdriver/objc"
)

type NSPasteboardType = core.NSString

var (
	NSPasteboardTypeString = NSPasteboardType(core.NSString_FromString("public.utf8-plain-text"))
)

type NSPasteboard struct {
	objc.Object
}

var NSPasteboard_ = NSPasteboard{objc.Get("NSPasteboard")}

func NSPasteboard_GeneralPasteboard() NSPasteboard {
	return NSPasteboard{NSPasteboard_.Get("generalPasteboard")}
}

func (pb NSPasteboard) ClearContents() {
	pb.Send("clearContents")
}

func (pb NSPasteboard) SetStringForType(s string, t NSPasteboardType) {
	pb.Send("setString:forType:", core.NSString_FromString(s), t)
}
func (pb NSPasteboard) StringForType(t NSPasteboardType) string {
	return pb.Send("stringForType:", t).String()
}

Its based on this https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nspasteboard?language=objc so appkit.
Shoud this be in a package AppKit then?

Also does anyone know how to handle globals as core.NSString_FromString("public.utf8-plain-text") is not nice.

I needed to write a objc program to get that value 👎
I am not that familiar with either objc or c-go so any help would be nice.
I also wrote some wrappers to make the api work with readers and writers but i am not sure yet if they provide any value

func Paste(dst io.Writer) error {
	r := strings.NewReader(nspasteboard.NSPasteboard_General().StringForType(nspasteboard.NSPasteboardTypeString))
	io.Copy(dst, r)
	return nil
}

func Copy(src io.Reader) error {
	b := &strings.Builder{}
	io.Copy(b, src)

	nspasteboard.NSPasteboard_General().ClearContents()
	nspasteboard.NSPasteboard_General().SetStringForType(b.String(), nspasteboard.NSPasteboardTypeString)
	return nil
}

Let me know how we wanna proceed I saw there is some appkit stuff in the cocoa package so maybe we just put it there for now?

[TotallyGamerJet]

The Cocoa framework actually includes AppKit. "The most important Cocoa class libraries come packaged in two core frameworks for each platform: Foundation and AppKit for OS X, and Foundation and UIKit for iOS" (src). Therefore, all appkit methods would go into the cocoa framework. Perhaps we should create a subpackage inside of Cocoa for Appkit things?

[flexzuu]

okay sounds like we wanna add this to package cocoa for now. We could think of having AppKit and UIKit packages at some point.
I might open a PR that adds this then tonight.

[flexzuu]

PR is open: #25

[progrium]

my 2 cents: fewer packages the better. also shallow over deep. since in objective-c there is no namespace at all, just having rough categories for organizational purposes is an improvement. until it makes sense otherwise, appkit and uikit can live in cocoa.