Clipboard history

import time
from os import SEEK_END

#not mine  #
import win32clipboard as w
import win32con


def getText():
    w.OpenClipboard()
    try:
        d=w.GetClipboardData(win32con.CF_TEXT)

    except TypeError:
        d = 'Specified clipboard format is not available!'
    w.CloseClipboard()
    return d

def setText(aType,aString):
    w.OpenClipboard()
    w.EmptyClipboard()
    w.SetClipboardData(aType,aString)
    w.CloseClipboard()

#end not mine#

#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def savePaste(pasteData):
    """saves the paste to a file, timestamped:
    FRI DEC 1 2012
    PASTE: clipboard data here"""

    file = loadFile()

    print 'paste saved', pasteData

    timeData = time.strftime('%a %b %d, %Y at %I:%Ms%S')
    #append time/date
    #combiData = timeData, '\nPASTE:', pasteData
    combiData = "###### {0} ######\n{1}\n".format(timeData, pasteData)
    file.write(combiData)


    pass


#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def loadFile():
    """loads a text file with raw paste data, if none found, is created"""

    try :
        f = open('paste data2.txt', 'r+')

        print 'found file'
        #should seek to the end of a file
        f.seek(0, SEEK_END)
    except IOError:

        print 'not found file'

        #create the file
        open('paste data2.txt', 'w')

        f = open('paste data1.txt', 'r+')

        #should seek to the end of a file
        #f.seek(-1)

        print 'properly made a file'

    #else:
        #print 'dunno what happened'
        #f = 'Invalid file error'

    #should seek to the end of a file
    #f.seek(-1)

    print 'about to return:', f
    return f


quit = False

print 'Starting'

#create a file
loadFile()

#set oldPaste to current clipboard
oldPaste = getText()
while not quit:

    #grab current clipboard
    curPaste = getText()

    #if the current paste and old paste are different
    if not curPaste == oldPaste:

        if curPaste == 'quit':

            print 'caught "quit", so I"m quitting'
            quit = True
            break


        print 'Clipboard has changed!'

        #save curPaste to a file or whatever
        savePaste(curPaste)

        #update old paste so it doesn't get caught twice
        oldPaste = curPaste

    #wait x seconds
    time.sleep(0.1)


print 'end of while loop'