Fix #917: enhance plugin framework to clear sel on request

With this enhancement, plugins which operate on selection
can explicitly request the program to clear the selection.

diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 1a0ddcf5151784b009cf78a445b1806d68e5d369..77feb384068d67ddeb5f91535b68fb73011000e8 100644 (file)
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -14,64 +14,68 @@ Plugins extend the capabilities of `nnn`. They are _executable_ scripts (or bina
 
 ## List of plugins
 
-| Plugin (a-z) | Description | Lang | Dependencies |
+| Plugin (a-z) | [Clears selection]<sup>1</sup> Description | Lang | Dependencies |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| [autojump](autojump) | Navigate to dir/path | sh | [jump](https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump)/autojump/zoxide |
-| [bookmarks](bookmarks) | Use named bookmarks managed with symlinks | sh | fzf |
-| [boom](boom) | Play random music from dir | sh | [moc](http://moc.daper.net/) |
-| [bulknew](bulknew) | Create multiple files/dirs at once | bash | sed, xargs, mktemp |
-| [chksum](chksum) | Create and verify checksums | sh | md5sum,<br>sha256sum |
-| [cleanfilename](cleanfilename) | Clean filename to be more shell-friendly | sh | sed |
-| [diffs](diffs) | Diff for selection (limited to 2 for directories) | sh | vimdiff, mktemp |
-| [dragdrop](dragdrop) | Drag/drop files from/into nnn | sh | [dragon](https://github.com/mwh/dragon) |
-| [dups](dups) | List non-empty duplicate files in current dir | bash | find, md5sum,<br>sort uniq xargs |
-| [finder](finder) | Run custom find command and list | sh | - |
-| [fzcd](fzcd) | Change to the directory of a fuzzy-selected file/dir | sh | fzf |
-| [fzhist](fzhist) | Fuzzy-select a cmd from history, edit in `$EDITOR` and run | sh | fzf, mktemp |
-| [fzopen](fzopen) | Fuzzy find a file in dir subtree and edit or open | sh | fzf, xdg-open |
-| [fzz](fzz) | Change to any directory in the z database with fzf | sh | fzf, z |
-| [getplugs](getplugs) | Update plugins to installed `nnn` version | sh | curl |
-| [gpg\*](gpg\*) | Encrypt/decrypt files using GPG | sh | gpg |
-| [gutenread](gutenread) | Browse, download, read from Project Gutenberg | sh | curl, unzip, w3m<br>[epr](https://github.com/wustho/epr) (optional) |
-| [hexview](hexview) | View a file in hex in `$PAGER` | sh | [hx](https://github.com/krpors/hx)/xxd |
-| [imgresize](imgresize) | Resize images in dir to screen resolution | sh | [imgp](https://github.com/jarun/imgp) |
-| [imgthumb](imgthumb) | View thumbnail of an image or dir of images | sh | [lsix](https://github.com/hackerb9/lsix) |
-| [imgur](imgur) | Upload an image to imgur (from [imgur-screenshot](https://github.com/jomo/imgur-screenshot)) | bash | - |
-| [imgview](imgview) | Browse images, set wallpaper, copy path ([config](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sxiv#Assigning_keyboard_shortcuts)), [rename](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#browse-rename-images)| sh | [imv](https://github.com/eXeC64/imv)/[sxiv](https://github.com/muennich/sxiv)/[viu](https://github.com/atanunq/viu), less|
-| [ipinfo](ipinfo) | Fetch external IP address and whois information | sh | curl, whois |
-| [kdeconnect](kdeconnect) | Send selected files to an Android device | sh | kdeconnect-cli |
-| [launch](launch) | GUI application launcher | sh | fzf |
-| [mediainf](mediainf) | Show media information | sh | mediainfo |
-| [mimelist](mimelist) | List files by mime in subtree | sh | - |
-| [moclyrics](moclyrics) | Show lyrics of the track playing in moc | sh | [ddgr](https://github.com/jarun/ddgr), [moc](http://moc.daper.net/) |
-| [mocplay](mocplay) | Append (and/or play) selection/dir/file in moc | sh | [moc](http://moc.daper.net/) |
-| [mp3conv](mp3conv) | Extract audio from multimedia as mp3 | sh | ffmpeg |
-| [mtpmount](mtpmount) | Toggle mount of MTP device (eg. Android) | sh | gvfs-mtp |
-| [nbak](nbak) | Backs up `nnn` config | sh | tar, awk, mktemp |
-| [nmount](nmount) | Toggle mount status of a device as normal user | sh | pmount, udisks2 |
-| [nuke](nuke) | Sample file opener (CLI-only by default) | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
-| [oldbigfile](oldbigfile) | List large files by access time | sh | find, sort |
-| [organize](organize) | Auto-organize files in directories by file type | sh | file |
-| [pdfread](pdfread) | Read a PDF or text file aloud | sh | pdftotext, mpv,<br>pico2wave |
-| [pdfview](pdfview) | View PDF file in `$PAGER` | sh | pdftotext/<br>mupdf-tools |
-| [picker](picker) | Pick files and list one per line (to pipe) | sh | nnn |
-| [preview-tabbed](preview-tabbed) | Tabbed/xembed based file previewer | bash | _see in-file docs_ |
-| [preview-tui](preview-tui) | Tmux/kitty/xterm/`$TERMINAL` based file previewer | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
-| [preview-tui-ext](preview-tui-ext) | Meant to be an exhaustive version of [preview-tui](preview-tui) | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
-| [pskill](pskill) | Fuzzy list by name and kill process or zombie | sh | fzf, ps, sudo/doas |
-| [renamer](renamer) | Batch rename selection or files in dir | sh | [qmv](https://www.nongnu.org/renameutils/)/[vidir](https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/) |
-| [ringtone](ringtone) | Create a variable bitrate mp3 ringtone from file | sh | date, ffmpeg |
-| [rsynccp](rsynccp) | Gives copy-paste verbose progress percentage | sh | rsync |
-| [splitjoin](splitjoin) | Split file or join selection | sh | split, cat |
-| [suedit](suedit) | Edit file using superuser permissions | sh | sudoedit/sudo/doas |
-| [togglex](togglex) | Toggle executable mode for selection | sh | chmod |
-| [treeview](treeview) | Informative tree output in `$EDITOR` | sh | tree |
-| [uidgid](uidgid) | List user and group of all files in dir | sh | ls, less |
-| [upgrade](upgrade) | Upgrade nnn manually on Debian 9 Stretch | sh | curl |
-| [upload](upload) | Upload to Firefox Send or ix.io (text) or file.io (bin) | sh | [ffsend](https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend), curl, jq, tr |
-| [vidthumb](vidthumb) | Show video thumbnails in terminal | sh | [ffmpegthumbnailer](https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer),<br>[lsix](https://github.com/hackerb9/lsix) |
-| [wall](wall) | Set wallpaper or change colorscheme | sh | nitrogen/pywal |
-| [x2sel](x2sel) | Copy `\n`-separated file list from system clipboard to sel | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
+| [autojump](autojump) | [ ] Navigate to dir/path | sh | [jump](https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump)/autojump/zoxide |
+| [bookmarks](bookmarks) | [ ] Use named bookmarks managed with symlinks | sh | fzf |
+| [boom](boom) | [ ] Play random music from dir | sh | [moc](http://moc.daper.net/) |
+| [bulknew](bulknew) | [ ] Create multiple files/dirs at once | bash | sed, xargs, mktemp |
+| [chksum](chksum) | [x] Create and verify checksums | sh | md5sum,<br>sha256sum |
+| [cleanfilename](cleanfilename) | [x] Clean filename to be more shell-friendly | sh | sed |
+| [diffs](diffs) | [x] Diff for selection (limited to 2 for directories) | sh | vimdiff, mktemp |
+| [dragdrop](dragdrop) | [ ] Drag/drop files from/into nnn | sh | [dragon](https://github.com/mwh/dragon) |
+| [dups](dups) | [ ] List non-empty duplicate files in current dir | bash | find, md5sum,<br>sort uniq xargs |
+| [finder](finder) | [ ] Run custom find command and list | sh | - |
+| [fzcd](fzcd) | [ ] Change to the directory of a fuzzy-selected file/dir | sh | fzf |
+| [fzhist](fzhist) | [ ] Fuzzy-select a cmd from history, edit in `$EDITOR` and run | sh | fzf, mktemp |
+| [fzopen](fzopen) | [ ] Fuzzy find a file in dir subtree and edit or open | sh | fzf, xdg-open |
+| [fzz](fzz) | [ ] Change to any directory in the z database with fzf | sh | fzf, z |
+| [getplugs](getplugs) | [ ] Update plugins to installed `nnn` version | sh | curl |
+| [gpg\*](gpg\*) | [x] Encrypt/decrypt files using GPG | sh | gpg |
+| [gutenread](gutenread) | [ ] Browse, download, read from Project Gutenberg | sh | curl, unzip, w3m<br>[epr](https://github.com/wustho/epr) (optional) |
+| [hexview](hexview) | [ ] View a file in hex in `$PAGER` | sh | [hx](https://github.com/krpors/hx)/xxd |
+| [imgresize](imgresize) | [ ] Resize images in dir to screen resolution | sh | [imgp](https://github.com/jarun/imgp) |
+| [imgthumb](imgthumb) | [ ] View thumbnail of an image or dir of images | sh | [lsix](https://github.com/hackerb9/lsix) |
+| [imgur](imgur) | [ ] Upload an image to imgur (from [imgur-screenshot](https://github.com/jomo/imgur-screenshot)) | bash | - |
+| [imgview](imgview) | [ ] Browse images, set wallpaper, copy path ([config](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sxiv#Assigning_keyboard_shortcuts)), [rename](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Basic-use-cases#browse-rename-images)| sh | [imv](https://github.com/eXeC64/imv)/[sxiv](https://github.com/muennich/sxiv)/[viu](https://github.com/atanunq/viu), less|
+| [ipinfo](ipinfo) | [ ] Fetch external IP address and whois information | sh | curl, whois |
+| [kdeconnect](kdeconnect) | [x] Send selected files to an Android device | sh | kdeconnect-cli |
+| [launch](launch) | [ ] GUI application launcher | sh | fzf |
+| [mediainf](mediainf) | [ ] Show media information | sh | mediainfo |
+| [mimelist](mimelist) | [ ] List files by mime in subtree | sh | - |
+| [moclyrics](moclyrics) | [ ] Show lyrics of the track playing in moc | sh | [ddgr](https://github.com/jarun/ddgr), [moc](http://moc.daper.net/) |
+| [mocplay](mocplay) | [x] Append (and/or play) selection/dir/file in moc | sh | [moc](http://moc.daper.net/) |
+| [mp3conv](mp3conv) | [ ] Extract audio from multimedia as mp3 | sh | ffmpeg |
+| [mtpmount](mtpmount) | [ ] Toggle mount of MTP device (eg. Android) | sh | gvfs-mtp |
+| [nbak](nbak) | [ ] Backs up `nnn` config | sh | tar, awk, mktemp |
+| [nmount](nmount) | [ ] Toggle mount status of a device as normal user | sh | pmount, udisks2 |
+| [nuke](nuke) | [ ] Sample file opener (CLI-only by default) | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
+| [oldbigfile](oldbigfile) | [ ] List large files by access time | sh | find, sort |
+| [organize](organize) | [x] Auto-organize files in directories by file type | sh | file |
+| [pdfread](pdfread) | [ ] Read a PDF or text file aloud | sh | pdftotext, mpv,<br>pico2wave |
+| [pdfview](pdfview) | [ ] View PDF file in `$PAGER` | sh | pdftotext/<br>mupdf-tools |
+| [picker](picker) | [ ] Pick files and list one per line (to pipe) | sh | nnn |
+| [preview-tabbed](preview-tabbed) | [ ] Tabbed/xembed based file previewer | bash | _see in-file docs_ |
+| [preview-tui](preview-tui) | [ ] Tmux/kitty/xterm/`$TERMINAL` based file previewer | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
+| [preview-tui-ext](preview-tui-ext) | [ ] Meant to be an exhaustive version of [preview-tui](preview-tui) | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
+| [pskill](pskill) | [ ] Fuzzy list by name and kill process or zombie | sh | fzf, ps, sudo/doas |
+| [renamer](renamer) | [x] Batch rename selection or files in dir | sh | [qmv](https://www.nongnu.org/renameutils/)/[vidir](https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/) |
+| [ringtone](ringtone) | [ ] Create a variable bitrate mp3 ringtone from file | sh | date, ffmpeg |
+| [rsynccp](rsynccp) | [x] Gives copy-paste verbose progress percentage | sh | rsync |
+| [splitjoin](splitjoin) | [x] Split file or join selection | sh | split, cat |
+| [suedit](suedit) | [ ] Edit file using superuser permissions | sh | sudoedit/sudo/doas |
+| [togglex](togglex) | [x] Toggle executable mode for selection | sh | chmod |
+| [treeview](treeview) | [ ] Informative tree output in `$EDITOR` | sh | tree |
+| [uidgid](uidgid) | [ ] List user and group of all files in dir | sh | ls, less |
+| [upgrade](upgrade) | [ ] Upgrade nnn manually on Debian 9 Stretch | sh | curl |
+| [upload](upload) | [ ] Upload to Firefox Send or ix.io (text) or file.io (bin) | sh | [ffsend](https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend), curl, jq, tr |
+| [vidthumb](vidthumb) | [ ] Show video thumbnails in terminal | sh | [ffmpegthumbnailer](https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer),<br>[lsix](https://github.com/hackerb9/lsix) |
+| [wall](wall) | [ ] Set wallpaper or change colorscheme | sh | nitrogen/pywal |
+| [x2sel](x2sel) | [ ] Copy `\n`-separated file list from system clipboard to sel | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
+
+Note:
+
+1. A plugin has to explicitly request `nnn` to clear the selection e.g. after operating on the selected files.
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -207,6 +211,7 @@ The `ctxcode` indicates the context to change the active directory of.
 | `1`-`4` | context number |
 | `0` | current context |
 | `+` | smart context (next inactive else current) |
+| `-` | clear the selection |
 
 The `opcode` indicates the operation type.
 

diff --git a/plugins/chksum b/plugins/chksum
index 0a386e5a12dcac2d2374b5026d6df20f20e1aa7c..97f0cf0a145f549d6ae7d6cb6163964cde60b5e4 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/chksum
+++ b/plugins/chksum
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ fi
 if [ "$resp" = "s" ]; then
     checksum_type
     sed 's|'"$PWD/"'||g' < "$selection" | xargs -0 -I{} ${chsum}sum {} > "checksum_$(date '+%Y%m%d%H%M').$chsum"
+
+    # Clear selection
+    if [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+        printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+    fi
 elif [ -n "$1" ]; then
     if [ -f "$1" ]; then
         for chks in md5 sha1 sha224 sha256 sha384 sha512

diff --git a/plugins/cleanfilename b/plugins/cleanfilename
index b7f2ba062c13ec2608560aa573542070ad625d60..d0a094808036a78499c40f575e05a2fd0815dbc7 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/cleanfilename
+++ b/plugins/cleanfilename
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ cleanup() {
     printf "%s" "$1" | sed -e 's/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]/_/g'
 }
 
-if [ -f "$sel" ]; then
+if [ -s "$sel" ]; then
     targets=$(sed -e "s/\\x0/\\n/g;\$a\\" "$sel" | \
         while read -r i; do
             basename "$i";
@@ -57,3 +57,8 @@ for i in $targets; do
         mv "$i" "$tmp$(cleanup "$i")";
     fi
 done
+
+# Clear selection
+if [ -s "$sel" ] && [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+    printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+fi

diff --git a/plugins/diffs b/plugins/diffs
index d20cc5dafbdf28892d176ccc8ab533924e001ce5..dea3a4cd5d3e0d4f90379b649817c770d9876a8a 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/diffs
+++ b/plugins/diffs
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ if [ -s "$selection" ]; then
         echo "needs at least 2 files or directories selected for comparison"
     fi
 fi
+
+# Clear selection
+if [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+    printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+fi

diff --git a/plugins/gpgd b/plugins/gpgd
index ed94bb1d9523f32c89a3feeca80fe8abaf5ebfc0..7f1dba2e1d589dc32456c6838e482cfdad07c423 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/gpgd
+++ b/plugins/gpgd
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ else
 fi
 
 printf "%s" "$files" | xargs -n1 -I{} gpg --decrypt --output "{}.dec" {}
+
+# Clear selection
+if [ "$resp" = "s" ] && [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+    printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+fi

diff --git a/plugins/gpge b/plugins/gpge
index 6a9cb9a92692165112aa16a877e34813cd70fa7e..ba935ab6215c61a363266dac40f6031166d93107 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/gpge
+++ b/plugins/gpge
@@ -34,4 +34,9 @@ else
        recipient=$(printf "%s" "$keyuids" | fzf | awk '{print $1}')
 
        printf "%s" "$files" | xargs -n1 gpg --encrypt --recipient "$recipient"
+
+    # Clear selection
+    if [ "$resp" = "s" ] && [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+        printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+    fi
 fi

diff --git a/plugins/kdeconnect b/plugins/kdeconnect
index 606581046809b395a8ccc048c51cfc136d678205..9bef7dfd6ff2b695e21a8cc14adb0a33a91fa525 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/kdeconnect
+++ b/plugins/kdeconnect
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@
 selection=${NNN_SEL:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/nnn/.selection}
 
 id=$(kdeconnect-cli -a --id-only | awk '{print $1}')
-if [ "$(find "$selection")" ]; then
+if [ -s "$selection" ]; then
     kdeconnect-cli -d "$id" --share "$(cat "$selection")"
 
     # If you want a system notification, uncomment the next 3 lines.
     #notify-send -a "Kdeconnect" "Sending $(cat "$selection")"
 #else
     #notify-send -a "Kdeconnect" "No file selected"
+
+    # Clear selection
+    if [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+        printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+    fi
 fi

diff --git a/plugins/mocplay b/plugins/mocplay
index 39c7c9ad937427dd50176813ced3fb2193d8d385..dbda0d3c81f5d843a1b9ed6cad3088ab266415ba 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/mocplay
+++ b/plugins/mocplay
@@ -82,3 +82,8 @@ mocp -p
 
 # uncomment the line below to show mocp interface after appending
 # mocp
+
+# Clear selection
+if [ "$resp" = "y" ] && [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+    printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+fi

diff --git a/plugins/organize b/plugins/organize
index 3fb34c1ef593f8909cceae52d0a7e4bef3235481..fb70aaffb1b353c508749b25f6eedbf6bc7eaaf3 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/organize
+++ b/plugins/organize
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 # Description: Organize files in directories by category
 #
+# Note: This plugin clears the selection as it changes the contents of the current dir
+#
 # Shell: POSIX compliant
 # Author: th3lusive
 
+sel=${NNN_SEL:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/nnn/.selection}
+
 organize() {
     case "$(file -biL "$1")" in
         *video*)
@@ -48,6 +52,11 @@ main() {
     do
        [ -f "$file" ] && organize "$file"
     done
+
+    # Clear selection
+    if [ -s "$sel" ] && [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+        printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+    fi
 }
 
 main "$@"

diff --git a/plugins/renamer b/plugins/renamer
index 2d064c55076c9bddc367fdaed13ae18174a3ba8d..532434a9f92b2b8a8489eb9121d22da6f0c67d50 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/renamer
+++ b/plugins/renamer
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ fi
 if [ "$resp" = "y" ]; then
     # -o flag is necessary for interactive editors
     xargs -o -0 $batchrenamesel < "$selection"
+
+    # Clear selection
+    if [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+        printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+    fi
 elif [ ! "$(LC_ALL=C ls -a)" = ".
 .." ]; then
        # On older systems that don't have ls -A

diff --git a/plugins/rsynccp b/plugins/rsynccp
index 60ee10cd925757a157d945682dfa360f19c96242..5cfa66fe6e5614253d1d8c88c97567130ca5b93c 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/rsynccp
+++ b/plugins/rsynccp
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ xargs -0 -a "$sel" -I % rsync -ah --progress % "$PWD"
 
 # less verbose
 # xargs -0 -a "$sel" -I % rsync -ah --info=progress2 % "$PWD"
+
+# Clear selection
+if [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+    printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+fi

diff --git a/plugins/splitjoin b/plugins/splitjoin
index 545eadb4ce514a13badce7af96ba611677f9eb31..5ba081b4db911e49eabefdcb95f86e590aaf0f63 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/splitjoin
+++ b/plugins/splitjoin
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ if [ "$resp" = "j" ]; then
 
         file="$(basename "$(echo "$arr" | sed -n '1p' | sed -e 's/[0-9][0-9]$//')")"
         sort -z < "$selection" | xargs -0 -I{} cat {} > "${file}.out"
+
+        # Clear selection
+        if [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+            printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+        fi
     fi
 elif [ "$resp" = "s" ]; then
     if [ -n "$1" ] && [ -f "$1" ]; then

diff --git a/plugins/togglex b/plugins/togglex
index d65e00f2050e3fd9984102e4a320c54d8b26e335..e42d65ac8bd5ecf6027b168b3a7186e53b8bfb73 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/togglex
+++ b/plugins/togglex
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 
 selection=${NNN_SEL:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/nnn/.selection}
 
-if [ ! -s "$selection" ]; then
-    printf "0 selected "
-    read -r _
-    exit
-fi
+if [ -s "$selection" ]; then
+    xargs -0 -I {} sh -c 'if [ -x "{}" ] ; then chmod -x "{}" ; else chmod +x "{}" ; fi' < "$selection"
 
-xargs -0 -I {} sh -c 'if [ -x "{}" ] ; then chmod -x "{}" ; else chmod +x "{}" ; fi' < "$selection"
+    # Clear selection
+    if [ -p "$NNN_PIPE" ]; then
+        printf "-" > "$NNN_PIPE"
+    fi
+fi

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 50f2041382cf1ead7c686b9d67e8c8d4e90dacb2..5147651d8fbe0ac6479db06e054f698b2f5fd4f1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -4754,15 +4754,15 @@ static void readpipe(int fd, char **path, char **lastname, char **lastdir)
        char ctx, *nextpath = NULL;
        ssize_t len = read_nointr(fd, g_buf, 1);
 
-       if (len != 1) {
-               if (selbufpos)
-                       clearselection();
+       if (len != 1)
                return;
-       }
 
        if (g_buf[0] == '+')
                ctx = (char)(get_free_ctx() + 1);
-       else if (g_buf[0] < '0')
+       else if (g_buf[0] == '-') { /* Clear selection on '-' */
+               clearselection();
+               return;
+       } else if (g_buf[0] < '0')
                return;
        else {
                ctx = g_buf[0] - '0';
@@ -4789,8 +4789,7 @@ static void readpipe(int fd, char **path, char **lastname, char **lastdir)
                rmlistpath();
 
                nextpath = load_input(fd, *path);
-       } else if (selbufpos)
-               clearselection();
+       }
 
        if (nextpath) {
                if (ctx == 0 || ctx == cfg.curctx + 1) { /* Same context */