qrclipboard 0.1.3

This script reads the content of the clipboard and displays it as a QR code.

QRClipboard

QRClipboard is a Python package that creates QR codes from the contents of the clipboard.

Installation

PyPi.org with pipx

https://pypi.org/project/QRClipboard/

pipx install QRClipboard

Manually

To install the package, follow these steps:

1. First, create the package by running the make build command. This command will generate the source distribution (sdist) and wheel (bdist_wheel) for the package.

2. Once the package is built, you can install it using pipx with the make install command. This command installs the package in an isolated environment to avoid any conflicts with other packages.

Usage

After installing the package, you can execute it using the qrclip command:

qrclip

This command will read the current content of the clipboard, generate a QR code from it, and display the QR code.

Development

To contribute to this project, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository on GitHub.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix:

   git checkout -b feature-new-feature
   

3. Make your changes and commit them with a meaningful message:

   git commit -m 'Add new feature'
   

4. Push your changes to GitHub:

   git push origin feature-new-feature
   

5. Open a pull request on GitHub to merge your changes.

Commands

The project includes a Makefile that simplifies various tasks:

• To build the package, use make build. This command runs the setup.py script to create the source distribution and wheel for the package.

• To install the package, use make install. This command utilizes pipx to install the package in an isolated environment.

• To uninstall the package, use make uninstall. This command removes the package installed by pipx.

• To clean the build directories, use make clean. This command deletes the build, dist, and .egg-info directories to ensure a clean state.

• To run unit tests, use make test. This command executes all unit tests located in the tests directory to verify that the package works as expected.

• To upload the package to PyPI, use make upload. This command uses twine to upload the built distributions to the Python Package Index (PyPI). This step is optional and requires the twine module to be installed.

• To run the main script of the package, use make run. This command executes the main function defined in the QRClipboard.main module.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. For more details, refer to the LICENSE file.