// //////////////////
// Clipboard class for Processing
// by seltar  
// v 0115
// only works with programs. applets require signing

class ClipHelper
{
 Clipboard clipboard;
 ClipHelper()
 {
   getClipboard();  
 }
 
 void getClipboard ()
 {
   // this is our simple thread that grabs the clipboard
   Thread clipThread = new Thread() {
public void run() {
  clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
}
   };

   // start the thread as a daemon thread and wait for it to die
   if (clipboard == null) {
try {
  clipThread.setDaemon(true);
  clipThread.start();
  clipThread.join();
}  
catch (Exception e) {
}
   }
 }

 void copyString (String data)
 {
   copyTransferableObject(new StringSelection(data));
 }

 void copyTransferableObject (Transferable contents)
 {
   getClipboard();
   clipboard.setContents(contents, null);
 }

 String pasteString ()
 {
   String data = null;
   try {
data = (String)pasteObject(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
   }  
   catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error getting String from clipboard: " + e);
   }

   return data;
 }

 Object pasteObject (DataFlavor flavor)  
   throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException
 {
   Object obj = null;
   getClipboard();

   Transferable content = clipboard.getContents(null);
   if (content != null)
obj = content.getTransferData(flavor);

   return obj;
 }
}


// Usage
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;

PFont dFont;
ClipHelper cp = new ClipHelper();

boolean[] keys = new boolean[526];
boolean checkKey(String k)
{
 for(int i = 0; i < keys.length; i++)
   if(KeyEvent.getKeyText(i).toLowerCase().equals(k.toLowerCase())) return keys[i];  
 return false;
}

void setup()
{
 size(500,400);
 dFont = loadFont("ArialMT-48.vlw");
 textFont(dFont,12);
 background(0);
}

void draw()
{
}

void keyPressed()
{ keys[keyCode] = true;
 if(checkKey("ctrl") && checkKey("v")) background(Integer.parseInt(cp.pasteString()));
 if(checkKey("ctrl") && checkKey("c")) cp.copyString(""+(int)random(255));
}

void keyReleased()
{ keys[keyCode] = false; }