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123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130#!/usr/bin/env node// sticky.mjs — drop text into a macOS Stickies note: translucent,// larger text, sized to fit the content closely, centered on screen.//// This is the canonical "sticky the X" workflow. When @jeffrey says// "sticky the <thing>" on a macOS host, run this on that thing.//// Usage:// node toolchain/macos/sticky.mjs <file> # note from a file// node toolchain/macos/sticky.mjs --text "hello" # note from a string// echo "hello" | node toolchain/macos/sticky.mjs # note from stdin//// Flags:// --bigger N font-size bumps above the Stickies default (default 3)// --opaque skip the translucency toggle (leave it solid)// --no-center leave the window where Stickies dropped it//// macOS only. Needs Accessibility permission for the host terminal —// System Events drives the ⌘N / ⌘V / font / translucency keystrokes.// If the paste lands empty, the content is still on the clipboard// (this script set it) — just ⌘V into the note by hand.
import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
if (process.platform !== "darwin") { console.error("✗ sticky.mjs is macOS-only (needs the Stickies app)."); process.exit(1);}
// ── args ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────const argv = process.argv.slice(2);let bumps = 3, opaque = false, center = true, text = null, file = null;for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) { const a = argv[i]; if (a === "--bigger") bumps = Math.max(0, parseInt(argv[++i], 10) || 0); else if (a === "--opaque") opaque = true; else if (a === "--no-center") center = false; else if (a === "--text") text = argv[++i] ?? ""; else if (!a.startsWith("--") && !file) file = a;}
// ── content: --text, file arg, or stdin ───────────────────────────────let content = text;if (content == null && file) { try { content = readFileSync(file, "utf8"); } catch (e) { console.error(`✗ cannot read ${file}: ${e.message}`); process.exit(1); }}if (content == null && !process.stdin.isTTY) { content = readFileSync(0, "utf8");}if (content == null || content.trim() === "") { console.error("usage: node toolchain/macos/sticky.mjs <file> | --text \"…\" | (stdin)"); process.exit(1);}content = content.replace(/\s+$/, "");
// ── size estimate — fit the text content closely ──────────────────────// Stickies' default note text is ~14 pt; each ⌘+ bump adds ~2 pt.// Width/height fall out of the rendered metrics; the AppleScript clamps// the result to the screen.const lines = content.split("\n");const maxLen = lines.reduce((m, l) => Math.max(m, l.length), 0);const fontPt = 14 + 2 * bumps;const charW = fontPt * 0.58; // proportional-font average advanceconst lineH = fontPt * 1.42; // line box heightconst desiredW = Math.round(maxLen * charW + 36); // + L/R paddingconst desiredH = Math.round(lines.length * lineH + 56); // + titlebar/pad
// ── set the clipboard (pbcopy handles unicode cleanly) ────────────────const cp = spawnSync("pbcopy", { input: content });if (cp.status !== 0) { console.error("✗ pbcopy failed"); process.exit(1); }
// ── drive Stickies via osascript ──────────────────────────────────────const osa = `on run argv set desiredW to (item 1 of argv) as integer set desiredH to (item 2 of argv) as integer set bumps to (item 3 of argv) as integer set doOpaque to ((item 4 of argv) is "1") set doCenter to ((item 5 of argv) is "1")
tell application "Finder" to set sb to bounds of window of desktop set scrW to (item 3 of sb) set scrH to (item 4 of sb)
set w to desiredW if w > scrW - 40 then set w to (scrW - 40) if w < 260 then set w to 260 set h to desiredH if h > scrH - 60 then set h to (scrH - 60) if h < 160 then set h to 160
tell application "Stickies" to activate delay 0.5 tell application "System Events" to tell process "Stickies" keystroke "n" using command down delay 0.4 keystroke "v" using command down delay 0.3 keystroke "a" using command down delay 0.15 repeat bumps times keystroke "+" using command down delay 0.12 end repeat key code 123 -- collapse the selection (caret to start) if not doOpaque then keystroke "t" using {command down, option down} delay 0.2 set size of window 1 to {w, h} if doCenter then set position of window 1 to {(scrW - w) / 2, (scrH - h) / 2} end if end tell return ("sticky " & w & "x" & h & " on " & scrW & "x" & scrH)end run`;
const r = spawnSync("osascript", [ "-", String(desiredW), String(desiredH), String(bumps), opaque ? "1" : "0", center ? "1" : "0",], { input: osa, encoding: "utf8" });
if (r.status !== 0) { console.error("✗ osascript failed:", (r.stderr || "").trim()); console.error(" (the content is on your clipboard — ⌘V into a note by hand)"); process.exit(1);}console.log(`✓ ${(r.stdout || "").trim()}`);