clipboard.py

from pynput import keyboard
from pynput.keyboard import Key
import subprocess 

file1 = open('clipboard.txt', 'r')
lines = file1.readlines()

controller = keyboard.Controller()

def copyAndPasta(command):
    # i think pasting looks nicer than controller.type(command)
    subprocess.run("pbcopy", universal_newlines=True, input=command)

    controller.release(Key.cmd)
    controller.release(Key.shift)
    controller.press(Key.cmd)
    controller.press('v')
    controller.release('v')
    controller.release(Key.cmd)    

def on_activate_i():
    print("activating")
    command=lines[0]
    # print anything commented out
    if lines[0].startswith("#"):
        while lines[0].startswith("#"):
            print(lines[0])
            lines.pop(0)
        return
    # a hack for multiline
    if "\"\"\"" in lines[0]:
        command = command.replace("\"\"\"", "")
        while True:
            lines.pop(0)
            command += lines[0]
                
            if "\"\"\"" in lines[0]:
                command = command.replace("\"\"\"", "")
                break
        lines.pop(0)
        copyAndPasta(command)
        return
        
    # if there's a line continuation merge everything into one string    
    while lines[0].endswith(" \\\n"):
        lines.pop(0)
        command += lines[0]
    lines.pop(0)
    copyAndPasta(command)





with keyboard.GlobalHotKeys({
        '<cmd>+<shift>+1': on_activate_i}) as h:
    h.join()