Add paste selection option to evaluate selection via shell

metainfo.xml

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
           <li>Add key bindings disabled indicator for status line (#783)</li>
           <li>When switching to normal mode screen will stay in same position (#808)</li>
           <li>Add customizable per-input-mode default text/background coloring for indicator statusline (#1528)</li>
+          <li>Add option PasteSelection to paste text as a shell input (#1549)</li>
           <li>Update of contour.desktop file (#1423)</li>
           <li>Changed configuration entry values for `font_locator` down to `native` and `mock` only (#1538).</li>
           <li>Do not export the `TERM` environment variable on Windows OS (when using ConPTY).</li>

src/contour/Actions.h

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct OpenConfiguration{};
 struct OpenFileManager{};
 struct OpenSelection{};
 struct PasteClipboard{ bool strip = false; };
-struct PasteSelection{};
+struct PasteSelection{ bool evaluateInShell = false;};
 struct Quit{};
 struct ReloadConfig{ std::optional<std::string> profileName; };
 struct ResetConfig{};
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ namespace documentation
         "Pastes clipboard to standard input. Pass boolean parameter 'strip' to indicate whether or not to "
         "strip repetitive whitespaces down to one and newlines to whitespaces."
     };
-    constexpr inline std::string_view PasteSelection { "Pastes current selection to standard input." };
+    constexpr inline std::string_view PasteSelection { "Pastes current selection to standard input."
+                                                       "Option `evaluate_in_shell` specify if pasted text "
+                                                       "must be appended with linefeed and used as an input "
+                                                       "for the running shell" };
     constexpr inline std::string_view Quit { "Quits the application." };
     constexpr inline std::string_view ReloadConfig { "Forces a configuration reload." };
     constexpr inline std::string_view ResetConfig {

src/contour/Config.cpp

@@ -1713,6 +1713,14 @@ std::optional<actions::Action> YAMLConfigReader::parseAction(YAML::Node const& n
             }
         }
 
+        if (holds_alternative<actions::PasteSelection>(action))
+        {
+            if (auto eval = node["evaluate_in_shell"]; eval && eval.IsScalar())
+            {
+                return actions::PasteSelection { eval.as<bool>() };
+            }
+        }
+
         if (holds_alternative<actions::WriteScreen>(action))
         {
             if (auto chars = node["chars"]; chars.IsScalar())

src/contour/TerminalSession.cpp

@@ -1126,12 +1126,15 @@ bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::PasteClipboard paste)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::PasteSelection)
+bool TerminalSession::operator()(actions::PasteSelection paste)
 {
     if (QClipboard* clipboard = QGuiApplication::clipboard(); clipboard != nullptr)
     {
         string const text = normalize_crlf(clipboard->text(QClipboard::Selection));
-        terminal().sendPaste(string_view { text });
+        if (paste.evaluateInShell)
+            terminal().sendRawInput(string_view { text + "\n" });
+        else
+            terminal().sendPaste(string_view { text });
     }
 
     return true;