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Subject: Re: Klipper - snippets
From: Stephen Dowdy <sdowdy () ucar ! edu>
Date: 2016-12-28 21:54:54
Message-ID: CA+CZZDbQSRvqbY3fcP-COrxP0aTQYHzwfY8rQoA+VkgAUyG0uQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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Michael,
I don't know the current state of KDE applications, but at least on Debian
Stable, there's a plasma applet called 'paste' that lets you paste
snippets. It provides a few builtin macro expansions for stuff like
%{date()}
%{exec(netstat -plant)}
%{file(file:///etc/motd)}
%{password(16, true, true, true, true)}
%{time()}
Note: doesn't appear that 'date()/time()' takes an argument (e.g.
%{date(yesterday)}, just returns current, but as long as you have exec()
you can do anything.
If you click a snippet, it inserts into the clipboard, then you can paste,
You have to double-click to auto-paste.
You could leverage the klipper Actions to do something similar, though it
would be a bit more "hackish".
Setup a regular expression like @K -- If you type, then double click that,
and have automatic enabled (or, alternatively, if you use <CTRL><ALTR><R>
to invoke manual klipper actions popupmenu), you would have a popup menu
with all your commands that could be things like:
Command=echo FLIMFLAM
Output Handling=Replace Clipboard
(organize as many commands that echo what you want under a single klipper
action)
then you'd just have to paste. I don't see a way in klipper to auto-paste
Also, you can use 'khotkeys' to create a global shortcut that performs
keyboard input. (but you'd likely run out of keyboard combos, or forget
them.) also, i think khotkeys was destined for deprecation?
probably many other solutions. (i recall a very simple Xt X11 application
from many years ago that did similar things)
--stephen
On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Michael Fierro <biffster@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a feature request for Klipper: snippets! I can't even begin to say
> how convenient having sticky entries that I can click on and then paste
> wherever I need it. If you need an example of how these work, look either
> at the Snippets plugin for glipper or the Snippet menu in ClipMenu (Mac).
>
> --
> Michael Fierro
>
>
--
Stephen Dowdy - Systems Administrator - NCAR/RAL
303.497.2869 - sdowdy@ucar.edu - http://www.ral.ucar.edu/~sdowdy/
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" \
style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Michael,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" \
style="font-family:monospace,monospace">I don't know the current state of KDE applications, \
but at least on Debian Stable, there's a plasma applet called 'paste' that lets you \
paste snippets. It provides a few builtin macro expansions for stuff like<br></div><div \
class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br>
<p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> %{date()}</p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> %{exec(netstat -plant)}</p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> %{file(file:///etc/motd)}</p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> %{password(16, true, true, true, true)}</p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> %{time()}</p><p \
style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">Note: doesn't appear that 'date()/time()' takes \
an argument (e.g. %{date(yesterday)}, just returns current, but as long as you have exec() you \
can do anything.</p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">If you click a snippet, it inserts \
into the clipboard, then you can paste, You have to double-click to auto-paste.<br></p><p \
style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">You could \
leverage the klipper Actions to do something similar, though it would be a bit more \
"hackish".</p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p><p \
style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">Setup a regular expression like @K -- If you type, then \
double click that, and have automatic enabled (or, alternatively, if you use \
<CTRL><ALTR><R> to invoke manual klipper actions popupmenu), you would have a \
popup menu with all your commands that could be things like:</p><p \
style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> \
Command=echo FLIMFLAM</p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> Output Handling=Replace \
Clipboard</p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">(organize as many commands that echo what \
you want under a single klipper action)<br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px"><br></p><p \
style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">then you'd just have to paste. I don't see a way \
in klipper to auto-paste<br></p><br></div><div class="gmail_default" \
style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Also, you can use 'khotkeys' to create a global \
shortcut that performs keyboard input. (but you'd likely run out of keyboard combos, or \
forget them.) also, i think khotkeys was destined for deprecation?<br><br></div><div \
class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">probably many other solutions. \
(i recall a very simple Xt X11 application from many years ago that did similar \
things)<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" \
style="font-family:monospace,monospace">--stephen<br></div></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Michael \
Fierro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:biffster@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">biffster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I have a \
feature request for Klipper: snippets! I can't even begin to say how convenient having \
sticky entries that I can click on and then paste wherever I need it. If you need an example of \
how these work, look either at the Snippets plugin for glipper or the Snippet menu in ClipMenu \
(Mac).<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Michael \
Fierro</div><div><br></div></font></span></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- \
<br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Stephen Dowdy - Systems \
Administrator - NCAR/RAL<br>303.497.2869 - <a href="mailto:sdowdy@ucar.edu" \
target="_blank">sdowdy@ucar.edu</a> - <a href="http://www.ral.ucar.edu/~sdowdy/" \
target="_blank">http://www.ral.ucar.edu/~sdowdy/</a><br><br><br></div> </div>
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