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Addressed Issues

Fixes #460

Description

On Windows, getSystemClipboard() executed Get-Clipboard -Raw without explicitly setting the console output encoding. As a result, PowerShell used the default console code page (437). Non-ASCII clipboard characters such as ₹, Hindi text and emoji were converted to ?, and curly quotes were converted to plain quotes.

This PR fixes the issue by setting [Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8 before executing Get-Clipboard -Raw. This makes the clipboard read operation consistent with setSystemClipboard(), which already uses UTF-8 for input encoding.

Scope of changes:

• Updated the Windows clipboard read path to enforce UTF-8 output encoding.
• Updated the existing Win32 unit test to verify that UTF-8 encoding is configured before Get-Clipboard -Raw executes.
• No changes to macOS or Linux clipboard handling.

Screenshots/Recordings

Before (main):

₹500 don’t नमस्ते 🚀 → ?500 don't ?????? ??

After (this branch):

₹500 don’t नमस्ते 🚀 → ₹500 don’t नमस्ते 🚀

Functional Verification

Screen Mirror

• Screen Mirror works.

Authentication

• Connection doesn't work without a valid token.

Basic Gestures

• One-finger tap: Verified as Left Click.
• Two-finger tap: Verified as Right Click.
• Click and drag: Verified selection behavior.
• Pinch to zoom: Verified zoom functionality (if applicable).

Modes & Settings

• Cursor mode: Cursor moves smoothly and accurately.
• Scroll mode: Page scrolls as expected.
• Sensitivity: Verified changes in cursor speed/sensitivity settings.
• Copy and Paste: Verified both Copy and Paste functionality.
• Invert Scrolling: Verified scroll direction toggles correctly.

Advanced Input

• Key combinations: Verified hold behavior for modifiers (e.g., Ctrl+C) and held keys are shown in buffer.
• Keyboard input: Verified Space, Backspace, and Enter keys work correctly.
• Glide typing: Verified path drawing and text output.
• Voice input: Verified speech-to-text functionality for full sentences.
• Backspace doesn't send the previous input.

Any other gesture or input behavior introduced

• New Gestures: Verified any other gesture or input behavior introduced in this PR.

Additional Notes

• Reproduced the issue on Windows code page 437 by copying the test text from Notepad and pasting it on the phone.
• Confirmed that the original implementation corrupted non-ASCII characters.
• Verified that the updated implementation preserves the original clipboard text.
• The updated unit test fails on the original code and passes with this change.
• npm run check ✅
• npm run test ✅ (22/22)
• npm run build ✅

Test environment: Windows 11 + iQOO Neo 10 (Android).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Windows clipboard reads now preserve UTF-8 text more reliably, including characters that span multiple chunks of output. This improves the accuracy of copied text containing non-ASCII characters when pasted into the app.

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Walkthrough

The clipboard output-capture code now decodes buffered stdout bytes together after a successful process exit. On Windows, PowerShell sets its output encoding to UTF-8 before retrieving clipboard text. Tests cover the command and a character split across stdout chunks.

Changes

Windows clipboard UTF-8 output

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Capture clipboard text as UTF-8 src/server/clipboard.ts, src/server/clipboard.test.ts	The output-capture code buffers stdout chunks and decodes them together after a successful process exit. The Windows clipboard command sets PowerShell output encoding to UTF-8. Tests check the command options and verify that a character split across chunks is decoded correctly.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• AOSSIE-Org/Rein#426: Adds the Windows clipboard-read implementation used by the UTF-8 fix.

Suggested labels: Typescript Lang

Suggested reviewers: siddharthsai218

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 52e67

Clipboard output is decoded as UTF-8 across chunk boundaries. No actionable merge-blocking risk is established.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main Windows clipboard encoding fix.
Description check		The description covers the issue, fix, verification, and template sections. It omits the shared stdout buffering change and split-character test.
Linked Issues check		[#460] The Windows clipboard command sets UTF-8 output encoding before Get-Clipboard -Raw. The helper combines stdout bytes before decoding, preserving characters split across chunks. Tests check th…
Out of Scope Changes check		[#460] The command change, buffered decoding, and tests support the Windows clipboard fix. The windowsHide option applies to the same clipboard process helper. No unrelated changes are evident.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

[#460] The Windows clipboard command sets UTF-8 output encoding before Get-Clipboard -Raw. The helper combines stdout bytes before decoding, preserving characters split across chunks. Tests check the command and a split emoji.

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Minor · Decode UTF-8 across chunk boundaries. · clipboard.ts:41

src/server/clipboard.ts:41
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Decode UTF-8 across chunk boundaries.

The new Windows output can contain multibyte UTF-8 characters. If stdout splits a character between chunks, decoding each chunk separately replaces its bytes with �, and the clipboard response contains corrupted text. Use a streaming decoder or concatenate the buffers before decoding. Add a test that splits an emoji across two chunks. (nodejs.org)

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Review comment at @src/server/clipboard.ts at line 41:
Update the stdout handling around `chunk.toString("utf-8")` to decode UTF-8
incrementally across chunk boundaries, preserving multibyte characters split
between chunks. Add a test that splits an emoji across two chunks and verifies
the clipboard response contains the intact character.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/server/clipboard.test.ts:
- Line 96: Add a separate Windows integration test alongside the existing
clipboard tests that reads non-ASCII clipboard text and verifies the exact
returned value. Run it in an isolated Windows session, and preserve and restore
the original clipboard contents even if the test fails; leave the existing ASCII
mock test unchanged.

Review comments at @src/server/clipboard.ts:
- Line 67: Update the PowerShell clipboard command around Get-Clipboard -Raw to
emit UTF-8 bytes directly to stdout without changing the shared console
OutputEncoding, and adjust newline handling so the clipboard text is returned
without unintended newline changes.

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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @src/server/clipboard.ts:
- Line 41: Update the stdout handling around `chunk.toString("utf-8")` to decode
UTF-8 incrementally across chunk boundaries, preserving multibyte characters
split between chunks. Add a test that splits an emoji across two chunks and
verifies the clipboard response contains the intact character.

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Failed pre-merge checks:
- Linked Issues check:
Decode stdout with a streaming UTF-8 decoder or decode the combined buffers. Add
a test with a non-ASCII character split across stdout buffers.

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