Hammerspoon code to do a "turret paste"

turretpaste.lua

popHopper = function()
  return nil
end
turretPaste = function()
  next = popHopper()
  if next == nil then
    -- this will result in no action after a keypress
    clip = hs.pasteboard.readString()
    popHopper = string.gmatch(clip, "[^%s]+")
  else
    hs.eventtap.keyStrokes(next)
  end

end

-- Clear "turret"
hs.hotkey.bind('', 'f17', function()
  popHopper = function()
    return nil
  end
end)

hs.hotkey.bind('', 'f18', function()
  turretPaste()
end)