nikivdev/code · error

clipboard not supported on this platform

Error message

clipboard not supported on this platform

What it means

Error "clipboard not supported on this platform" thrown in nikivdev/code.

Source

Thrown at src/failure.rs:791

                .arg("--input")
                .stdin(Stdio::piped())
                .spawn()
                .context("failed to spawn xclip or xsel")?,
        };

        if let Some(stdin) = child.stdin.as_mut() {
            stdin.write_all(text.as_bytes())?;
        }

        let status = child.wait()?;
        if !status.success() {
            bail!("clipboard command exited with status {}", status);
        }
    }

    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux")))]
    {
        bail!("clipboard not supported on this platform");
    }

    Ok(true)
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::{
        FailureCopyFormat, FailureEntry, FailurePromptTool, FailureRecord, compact_output_tail,
        render_ai_prompt, render_excerpt, render_prompt, repo_failure_dir, repo_failure_filename,
        slug_component, unique_history_path,
    };
    use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};

    #[test]
    fn slug_component_normalizes_names() {
        assert_eq!(slug_component("Designer Hot"), "designer-hot");
        assert_eq!(slug_component("foo/bar_baz"), "foo-bar-baz");

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/failure.rs:791 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of nikivdev/code@a747e741ae (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0316388c67217d05. Report an issue: GitHub.