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bakytn
Asked: 2012-08-30 00:19:48 +0800 CST

How to create unified clipboard

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Working with clipboard can be like a hell. Sometimes Ctrl+C just don't work and if you copy some text on, say, web browser you can't normally paste in somewhere else. Especially between Terminal and other programs. Sometmies you have to paste with Ctrl+Shift+Insert sometimes Ctrl+V.

Is there any way to unify handling clipboard?

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  1. Best Answer

    You can bind the copy-paste to middle click using xsel and xvkbd.

    First, install the packages:

    sudo apt-get install xsel xvkbd

    Now, run the following command:

    sh -c 'xsel | xvkbd -xsendevent -file - 2>/dev/null'

    You can also bind this to a keyboard shortcut from System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts.

    More on xsel:

    Taken from www.techrepublic.com:

    The xsel tool, copyfree software available via the software management systems of most open source operating systems, is a simple utility meant to serve the need to copy text between the CLI environment and the GUI environment. It effectively acts as a pipeline-like interface between the CLI and the GUI clipboard.

    To learn more about xsel, either visit the link above or go here.

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