Add :insert-text command

See #1790.
:paste-primary now calls :insert-text and can be deprecated by
:insert-text {primary} after #1791 is merged.

doc/help/commands.asciidoc

@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ How many steps to zoom out.
 |<<enter-mode,enter-mode>>|Enter a key mode.
 |<<follow-hint,follow-hint>>|Follow a hint.
 |<<follow-selected,follow-selected>>|Follow the selected text.
+|<<insert-text,insert-text>>|Insert text at cursor position.
 |<<jump-mark,jump-mark>>|Jump to the mark named by `key`.
 |<<leave-mode,leave-mode>>|Leave the mode we're currently in.
 |<<message-error,message-error>>|Show an error message in the statusbar.
@@ -1028,6 +1029,18 @@ Follow the selected text.
 ==== optional arguments
 * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Load the selected link in a new tab.
 
+[[insert-text]]
+=== insert-text
+Syntax: +:insert-text 'text'+
+
+Insert text at cursor position.
+
+==== positional arguments
+* +'text'+: The text to insert.
+
+==== note
+* This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
+
 [[jump-mark]]
 === jump-mark
 Syntax: +:jump-mark 'key'+

qutebrowser/browser/commands.py

@@ -1431,6 +1431,19 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
                        needs_js=True, backend=usertypes.Backend.QtWebKit)
     def paste_primary(self):
         """Paste the primary selection at cursor position."""
+        try:
+            self.insert_text(utils.get_clipboard(selection=True))
+        except utils.SelectionUnsupportedError:
+            self.insert_text(utils.get_clipboard())
+
+    @cmdutils.register(instance='command-dispatcher', maxsplit=0,
+                       modes=[KeyMode.insert], hide=True, scope='window',
+                       needs_js=True, backend=usertypes.Backend.QtWebKit)
+    def insert_text(self, text):
+        """Insert text at cursor position.
+
+        Args:
+            text: The text to insert."""
         # FIXME:qtwebengine have a proper API for this
         tab = self._current_widget()
         page = tab._widget.page()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
@@ -1440,20 +1453,14 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
             raise cmdexc.CommandError("No element focused!")
         if not elem.is_editable(strict=True):
             raise cmdexc.CommandError("Focused element is not editable!")
-
+        log.misc.debug("Inserting text into element {}".format(
-        try:
-            sel = utils.get_clipboard(selection=True)
-        except utils.SelectionUnsupportedError:
-            sel = utils.get_clipboard()
-
-        log.misc.debug("Pasting primary selection into element {}".format(
             elem.debug_text()))
         elem.run_js_async("""
-            var sel = '{}';
+            var text = '{}';
             var event = document.createEvent('TextEvent');
-            event.initTextEvent('textInput', true, true, null, sel);
+            event.initTextEvent('textInput', true, true, null, text);
             this.dispatchEvent(event);
-        """.format(javascript.string_escape(sel)))
+        """.format(javascript.string_escape(text)))
 
     def _search_cb(self, found, *, tab, old_scroll_pos, options, text, prev):
         """Callback called from search/search_next/search_prev.