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65 lines
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[](https://travis-ci.org/cdown/clipmenu)
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clipmenu is a simple clipboard manager using [dmenu][] (or [rofi][] with
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`CM_LAUNCHER=rofi`) and [xsel][].
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# Demo
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# Usage
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Start `clipmenud`, then run `clipmenu` to select something to put on the
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clipboard.
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A systemd user service for starting clipmenud is included at
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[init/clipmenud.service](https://github.com/cdown/clipmenu/blob/develop/init/clipmenud.service).
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You can then start clipmenud like this:
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systemctl --user start clipmenud
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All args passed to clipmenu are transparently dispatched to dmenu. That is, if
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you usually call dmenu with args to set colours and other properties, you can
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invoke clipmenu in exactly the same way to get the same effect, like so:
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clipmenu -i -fn Terminus:size=8 -nb '#002b36' -nf '#839496' -sb '#073642' -sf '#93a1a1'
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If you prefer to collect clips on demand rather than running clipmenud as a
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daemon, you can bind a key to the following command for one-off collection:
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CM_ONESHOT=1 clipmenud
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For a full list of environment variables that clipmenud can take, please see
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`clipmenud --help`.
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# Installation
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Several distributions, including Arch and Nix, provide clipmenu as an official
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package called `clipmenu`.
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If your distribution doesn't provide a package, you can run the scripts
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standalone (or better yet, package them!).
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# How does it work?
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clipmenud is less than 200 lines, and clipmenu is less than 100, so hopefully
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it should be fairly self-explanatory. However, at the most basic level:
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## clipmenud
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1. `clipmenud` uses [clipnotify](https://github.com/cdown/clipnotify) to wait
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for new clipboard events.
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2. If `clipmenud` detects changes to the clipboard contents, it writes them out
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to the cache directory and an index using a hash as the filename.
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## clipmenu
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1. `clipmenu` reads the index to find all available clips.
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2. `dmenu` is executed to allow the user to select a clip.
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3. After selection, the clip is put onto the PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD X
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selections.
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[dmenu]: http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
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[rofi]: https://github.com/DaveDavenport/Rofi
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[xsel]: http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/
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