Edit: Everything seems too complicated, so I just went with this https://odysee.com/simplescreenrecorder-2023-09-03_11.02.17:a When you try to copy something, you copy something and then you paste it. This is fine, but I wish there was an app which would help me copy multiple items at different times and seamlessly help me paste it.
i.e., copy two things, press ctrl + v
to paste the last thing you copied and press ctrl + shift + v
to paste the last second thing you copied and so on.
I am pretty sure there are better ways to do this than what I am asking. So, I would be interested in those ways too.
you can’t only install kclipper that’s the app?
I’ve been using CopyQ for a while. I have it bound to SUPER+V.
Hey, I also used SUPER+v as my key binding for copyq but it never seemed to work just right. It would often not work unless I spammed it and I ended up moving it to Alt+v, which works fine. Have you encountered anything like that?
Nope, but as mentioned in other comment, I’m letting the DE handle the shortcut and it works flawless. I think I read there’s some way for CopyQ to react to the shortcut on its own but it never worked for me.
Edit: Here’s the other comment for context: https://lemmings.world/comment/1729453
CopyQ is awesome.
this is a robbery, give me your command and tell me how you bound it :')
I don’t know
First I have this systemd user service at
~/.config/systemd/user/copyq.service
:[Install] WantedBy=graphical-session.target [Service] ExecStart=/nix/store/9qni1by8lzjccm5pc4hqpm70f3wllfqg-CopyQ-unstable-2023-04-14/bin/copyq KillMode=process KillSignal=SIGINT Type=simple [Unit] After=graphical-session.target Description=CopyQ, a clipboard manager Documentation=man:copyq(5) Requires=graphical-session.target Wants=graphical-session.target
Replace the
/nix/store/9qni1by8lzjccm5pc4hqpm70f3wllfqg-CopyQ-unstable-2023-04-14/bin/copyq
with/usr/bin/copyq
or wherever your copyq is installed. Then you probably need to reload the systemd daemon or something, not sure (trysystemctl --user daemon-reload
and thensystemctl --user enable copyq.service
and thensystemctl --user start copyq.service
- you only need to do this once).This service needs to be running for CopyQ to work. Alternatively use any other way you’re familiar with to automatically start copyq server after you log in. Trust me, there’s nothing more frustrating then suddenly needing it and realizing you haven’t started the server so it doesn’t have the content you’re looking for.
Afterwards you need to configure your desktop environment to assign a global shortcut for the command
copyq menu
. For example in Cinnamon it’sSystem Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Add custom shortcut
. Then you add the name (e.g.CopyQ
), the command (copyq menu
) and after pressing Add you assign the shortcut, for exampleSuper+V
. This step is different for every desktop environment, but googling “[your DE name] global shortcuts” should help.If by any chance you have NixOS and Cinnamon, you may configure it like this:
{ config, pkgs, ... }: { home-manager.users.your-username = { # installs copyq as a user package home.packages = with pkgs; [ copyq ]; }; dconf.settings = { # this is for creating the global Super+V shortcut "org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings" = { "custom-list" = ["__dummy__" "custom0"]; }; "org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0" = { binding = ["v"]; command = "copyq menu"; name = "CopyQ"; }; }; systemd.user.services.copyq = { # creates the systemd service Unit = { Description = "CopyQ, a clipboard manager"; Documentation = [ "man:copyq(5)" ]; Wants = [ "graphical-session.target" ]; Requires = [ "graphical-session.target" ]; After = [ "graphical-session.target" ]; }; Service = { Type = "simple"; ExecStart = "${pkgs.copyq}/bin/copyq"; KillMode = "process"; KillSignal = "SIGINT"; }; Install = { WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ]; }; }; }
Doesn’t CopyQ have a shortcuts menu in its settings?
Yes, but it didn’t work reliably for me. Having the DE handle it should always work.
it didn’t work for some reason
https://odysee.com/@SanTorum:9/simplescreenrecorder-2023-09-03_11.02.17:a
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This is my workhorse. Everything is automatically copied onto its clipboard, I can search it to find what I want to paste, and I find it very easy to do what OP wants; copy, copy, copy, go somewhere else, paste, paste, paste.
Exactly the same here