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Questions and software suggestions relating to the use of clipboard managers

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Ubuntu 14.04 Clipboard Manager?

I'm looking for a program that saves the recent clipboard items (plain text would be enough) for Ubuntu 14.04. Thanks for any help !
jeff
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Clipboard Manager for Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04

I'm looking for an application that can copy two or more items and then I can choose one of them to paste. Indeed, it should work on terminal.
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How to get multiple clipboards

I have been using Ubuntu for some time, but still haven't found what would be the most useful thing for me, a way of having multiple clipboards. So is there any software out there at all, or a built-in feature that would make it so that I could use…
user364819
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Clipit's Offline Mode?

The version of the Clipit applet in 14.04's repos has an "offline mode" option. It is not really clear what it does, as Clipit seems to lack support for any Pastebin site. Any ideas?
0xF2
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GNOME alternatives / equivalent for Klipper?

Anyone has any tool, other than a pen and pencil to help me manage more than 5 "copy-pastes"? I heard of Glipper, but anymore, with a small description and pros/cons would be appreciated. Thanks.
theTuxRacer
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Copied filenames prefixed with `x-special/nautilus-clipboard copy file://`

Whenever I copy-paste a file path I get this: x-special/nautilus-clipboard copy file:// instead of just
PixelPioneer
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CopyQ global shortcut not working on Ubuntu 21.04

CopyQ clipboard manager global shortcut to show/hide main window does not work on Ubuntu 21.04 (doesn't work under Wayland windows manager)
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Save last "copy" from clipboard to file

I am able to copy a massive string of text but unable to paste it anywhere without the program crashing. So, I wonder: How can I fetch it from the clipboard via CLI and save it to a file instead? Thanks!
Nathan J.B.
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Is there a program in Ubuntu repositories that will keep a clipboard history for me?

I occasionally clobber whatever I had already copied to the clipboard. It would rock to just be able to keep all of my clipboard history right in front of me.
ixtmixilix
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windows like clipboard manager for linux?

is there a windows like clipboard manager available for Linux with shortcut Mod+v which pops on mouse context menu also it should support images in clipboard?
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Can I get visual feedback from copying wth Ctrl+C?

Lots of times I need to Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+Insert) multiple times to copy something. I would appreciate visual feedback that says "a new thing has been copied" or something like that. Is there someway to add this to Ubuntu?
eri0o
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How do I give myself fast access to pasting some common strings?

I often find myself pasting the same strings into the browser (I have a youtube channel, and at the end of the videos I constantly post the same links: channel URL, website, email, introductory video, etc). I thought about creating a text file and…
v010dya
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macro to paste pre-configured text

I am looking to avoid ever typing in my email address again. Is there a way to configure a key to paste some pre-set bit of text like my email. I'd like this to work across all applications ideally. thanks
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Reliable clipboard manager

There are many clipboard managers available. The first one I used, I found out if messes clipboard history if clipboard contents was multiline - which I found to be very lame and naive Second one which I use now is also faulty - I wanted recent…
zetah
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A clipboard manager that also supports images?

Most clipboard managers I found only support text to be stored in their clipboard history. Can someone please recommend me one that also stores images?
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