Win-V combo from Windows on Ubuntu

boredishBoi•about 2 hours ago

KDE ships klipper by default which is the same thing and works fantastically. Supports multimedia and is fast, I only wish it had a cli tool instead of having to use xclip or qdbus. On windows I find ditto much more performant than the native clipboard manager.

dundarious•about 1 hour ago

I use sway so just made a bash script that's a couple of lines to join cliphist, tofi, wl-copy, wtype, together to the same effect.

TheAceOfHearts•about 1 hour ago

Holy crap I've been using KDE for years and I didn't know about Meta+V.

I'll pay it forward by sharing another shortcut: Meta+. for emoji picker.

_def•about 1 hour ago

Specifically for GNOME there are numerous extensions where at least one of them can be assigned hotkeys for: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/779/clipboard-indicat...

masfuerte•about 1 hour ago

The emoji and symbol picker on Windows 10 has type-to-search for emojis but not for symbols. It's such an annoying restriction. It's quicker to find and copy symbols from the web than trying to find them in the picker.

I don't know if Windows 11 is the same, but I hope this software hasn't copied it if it is.

blfr•about 1 hour ago

I didn't even know super+v on Windows. Not to sound all entitled about opensource software but can we get a screenshot on GNOME? Maybe on both?

ta8903•6 minutes ago

Gnome already has a clipboard manager (maybe it's https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/779/clipboard-indicat..., but can't be sure if that's what I'm using since I'm not at home) which can be bound to super+v.

It's better than the Windows equivalent because

1. It loads instantly rather than taking 2-3 seconds like the Windows version, which is super annoying

2. It retains the clipboard history across reboots, unlike the Windows version

3. It doesn't have a limit to the number of pastes saved, unlike Windows which has a limit of I think 10, so you can find entries from weeks ago

4. It's searchable

5. There's an incognito mode for when you need to copy and paste a bunch of things which you won't need later, or when you're copying sensitive information

Big fan, one of those things that are such a UX improvement that make using Windows feel like a hassle.

azeemba•about 1 hour ago

What do people use on mac? The clipboard manager inside spotlight feels cumbersome to use

_def•about 1 hour ago

ClipTools - also does not show images but works good enough and is free.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cliptools/id1619348240?mt=12

mdrzn•about 1 hour ago

CopyClick, which shows the full history in the status bar.

Main difference is that Win+V on windows also shows images/screenshots that you copied, while CopyClick only shows text.

[0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/copyclip-clipboard-history/id5...

porridgeraisin•36 minutes ago

raycast has a clipboard manager inbuilt

running101•30 minutes ago

how is the power management on linux working for a daily driver? It has always been a pain point ?

senectus1•about 1 hour ago

is this caching of copied data encrypted at all?

accrual•20 minutes ago

Yeah, I do wonder how this works for those copying keys and other private strings around. I'd rather they disappear on the next ^c than be pushed into an array somewhere, or worse, stored on disk.

Win-V combo from Windows on Ubuntu

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