Sketching a better clipboard UX

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# kvmx-clipboard manage clipboard sharing between host and guests
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Silvio Rhatto - rhatto at riseup.net
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+# by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+# or any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# Parameters
+SPOOL="$TMP/.kvmx-spice-copy"
+BASENAME="`basename $0`"
+DEST="`xprop -id $WINDOWID | grep "^WM_NAME" | cut -d '=' -f 2 | cut -d '"' -f 2`"
+
+# Logic
+if [ "$BASENAME" == "kvmx-spice-copy" ]; then
+  mkdir -p "$TMP"
+  echo "$DEST" > $SPOOL 
+else
+  if [ -f "$SPOOL" ]; then
+    ORIG="`cat $SPOOL`"
+  else
+    ORIG="host"
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$ORIG" != "host" ] && ! kvmx running $ORIG &> /dev/null; then
+    exit
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$DEST" != "host" ] && ! kvmx running $DEST &> /dev/null; then
+    exit
+  fi
+
+  if ! kvmx running $DEST &> /dev/null; then
+    DEST="host"
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$ORIG" == "$DEST" ]; then
+    exit
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$ORIG" == "host" ] && [ "$DEST" == "host" ]; then
+    exit
+  fi
+
+  # Dispatch
+  kvmx-clipboard $ORIG $DEST
+fi