Why the new version of Raycast script cannot send text to clipboard?

[Junlin Liu]

I write a Python script of OCR.
The beginning part of script:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Required parameters:
# @raycast.schemaVersion 1
# @raycast.title ocr
# @raycast.mode silent

# Optional parameters:
# @raycast.icon 

The clipboard operation part:

    import pyperclip
    pyperclip.copy(content)
    print("Success!")

In the old version, this works well. But now (version 1.51.3) after running it, the clipboard is still empty.

But when I run it in console, this works well.

The bash command of pbcopy or something cannot operate correctly now

[Junlin Liu]

This is weird, in this version of Raycast, if the content is Chinese, it cannot work. But if I use this script in terminal, both can work well.

    # pyperclip.copy("你好") # not work
    pyperclip.copy("hello") # work
    print("Success!")

[Junlin Liu]

I also test the following:

    import pyperclip
    pyperclip.copy(content)
    print(pyperclip.paste())

The output is empty if the content has Chinese.

But if I just print it:

    print("你好")

This can work and display.

[Junlin Liu]

I write a new simple script and I am confirmed that this is the problem of new version Raycast.

#!/bin/bash

# Required parameters:
# @raycast.schemaVersion 1
# @raycast.title mytest
# @raycast.mode silent

# Optional parameters:
# @raycast.icon 📋

# Documentation:
# @raycast.description hello

#echo "haha" | pbcopy # works
echo "你好" | pbcopy # do not work
echo "Clipboard emptied"

[YHsilver]

same problem for me

[Marcos Sánchez-Dehesa]

Hey @baker221 and @YHsilver,

Thank you for writing and sorry this took long to answer. I just tried your script and everything works as expected (see below).

It looks like it has something to do with the terminal environment. Can you think of anyway I can replicate?

[Junlin Liu]

In my computer, this doesn't work, the result is as below:

Now my Raycast version is 1.52.1. My macOS version is 12.6.5. I changed the first line into /bin/sh, but it cannot work either. I will try to find a way for you to reproduce it.

[Junlin Liu]

Hey @baker221 and @YHsilver,

Thank you for writing and sorry this took long to answer. I just tried your script and everything works as expected (see below).

It looks like it has something to do with the terminal environment. Can you think of anyway I can replicate?

I see that the "character" is 3. But "你好" just have 2 characters. If I copy "你好" directly, the character is 2. (But even if I added a space before this string, the script still cannot work)

[Alejandro García]

same problem

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[Junlin Liu]

Do you have any idea solving this issue until now? This version (1.54.1) still cannot work.

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[Junlin Liu]

Still no solution? @dehesa

[Junlin Liu]

Still no solution? @dehesa

I found that. The Raycast's locale somehow changed in a new version.

Change the pbcopy into below:

echo "你好" | LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8 pbcopy

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