Function setClipboard

packages/@ant/ink/src/core/termio/osc.ts:164–184

(text: string)

 * outside tmux, DCS-wrapped inside).
 */
export async function setClipboard(text: string): Promise<string> {
  const b64 = Buffer.from(text, 'utf8').toString('base64')
  const raw = osc(OSC.CLIPBOARD, 'c', b64)

  // Native safety net — fire FIRST, before the tmux await, so a quick
  // focus-switch after selecting doesn't race pbcopy. Previously this ran
  // AFTER awaiting tmux load-buffer, adding ~50-100ms of subprocess latency
  // before pbcopy even started — fast cmd+tab → paste would beat it
  // (https://anthropic.slack.com/archives/C07VBSHV7EV/p1773943921788829).
  // Gated on SSH_CONNECTION (not SSH_TTY) since tmux panes inherit SSH_TTY
  // forever but SSH_CONNECTION is in tmux's default update-environment and
  // clears on local attach. Fire-and-forget.
  if (!process.env['SSH_CONNECTION']) copyNative(text)

  const tmuxBufferLoaded = await tmuxLoadBuffer(text)

  // Inner OSC uses BEL directly (not osc()) — ST's ESC would need doubling
  // too, and BEL works everywhere for OSC 52.
  if (tmuxBufferLoaded) return tmuxPassthrough(`${ESC}]52;c;${b64}${BEL}`)
  return raw
}

// Linux clipboard tool: undefined = not yet probed, null = none available.
// Probe order: wl-copy (Wayland) → xclip (X11) → xsel (X11 fallback).