From 38fc0432c3b352628b0114ac98b49ca69ee01675 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Spearrin <kyle.spearrin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 09:37:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] dont call clearclipboard in a loop

---
 .../services/electronPlatformUtils.service.ts       | 13 +++++++++----
 src/services/system.service.ts                      |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/electron/services/electronPlatformUtils.service.ts b/src/electron/services/electronPlatformUtils.service.ts
index b2b01750e08..4539b982e04 100644
--- a/src/electron/services/electronPlatformUtils.service.ts
+++ b/src/electron/services/electronPlatformUtils.service.ts
@@ -186,12 +186,17 @@ export class ElectronPlatformUtilsService implements PlatformUtilsService {
 
     copyToClipboard(text: string, options?: any): void {
         const type = options ? options.type : null;
+        const clearing = options ? !!options.clearing : false;
         const clearMs: number = options && options.clearMs ? options.clearMs : null;
         clipboard.writeText(text, type);
-        this.messagingService.send('copiedToClipboard', {
-            clipboardValue: text,
-            clearMs: clearMs,
-        });
+        if (!clearing) {
+            this.messagingService.send('copiedToClipboard', {
+                clipboardValue: text,
+                clearMs: clearMs,
+                type: type,
+                clearing: clearing,
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     readFromClipboard(options?: any): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/src/services/system.service.ts b/src/services/system.service.ts
index 1e492c077f5..a53b39800ed 100644
--- a/src/services/system.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/system.service.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class SystemService implements SystemServiceAbstraction {
             this.clearClipboardTimeoutFunction = async () => {
                 const clipboardValueNow = await this.platformUtilsService.readFromClipboard();
                 if (clipboardValue === clipboardValueNow) {
-                    this.platformUtilsService.copyToClipboard('');
+                    this.platformUtilsService.copyToClipboard('', { clearing: true });
                 }
             };
             this.clearClipboardTimeout = setTimeout(async () => {