Ensure window gets clipboard owner before setting clipboard string

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/window/window.c b/src/window/window.c
index 5599c58..65a2509 100644
--- a/src/window/window.c
+++ b/src/window/window.c
@@ -624,7 +624,6 @@ static void mgl_window_on_receive_event(mgl_window *self, XEvent *xev, mgl_event
                 }
             }
 
-            /* Repond to the client that wants our clipboard content */
             selection_event.property = None;
             XSendEvent(context->connection, selection_event.requestor, True, NoEventMask, (XEvent*)&selection_event);
             event->type = MGL_EVENT_UNKNOWN;
@@ -788,7 +787,15 @@ void mgl_window_set_clipboard(mgl_window *self, const char *str, size_t size) {
         self->clipboard_string = NULL;
         self->clipboard_size = 0;
     }
-    
+
+    XSetSelectionOwner(context->connection, x11_context->clipboard_atom, self->window, CurrentTime);
+
+    /* Check if setting the selection owner was successful */
+    if(XGetSelectionOwner(context->connection, x11_context->clipboard_atom) != self->window) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: mgl_window_set_clipboard failed\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
     self->clipboard_string = malloc(size + 1);
     if(!self->clipboard_string) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to allocate string for clipboard\n");
@@ -797,12 +804,6 @@ void mgl_window_set_clipboard(mgl_window *self, const char *str, size_t size) {
     memcpy(self->clipboard_string, str, size);
     self->clipboard_string[size] = '\0';
     self->clipboard_size = size;
-
-    XSetSelectionOwner(context->connection, x11_context->clipboard_atom, self->window, CurrentTime);
-
-    /* Check if setting the selection owner was successful */
-    if(XGetSelectionOwner(context->connection, x11_context->clipboard_atom) != self->window)
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error: mgl_window_set_clipboard failed\n");
 }
 
 /* TODO: Right now the returned str is free'd with free, but shouldn't it be free'd with free? */
@@ -839,7 +840,8 @@ bool mgl_window_get_clipboard(mgl_window *self, char **str, size_t *size) {
         if(!data)
             return false;
 
-        memcpy(data, self->clipboard_string, self->clipboard_size + 1);
+        memcpy(data, self->clipboard_string, self->clipboard_size);
+        data[self->clipboard_size] = '\0';
         *str = data;
         *size = self->clipboard_size;
         return true;