On Wednesday, 15 May 2024 11:56:04 BST Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 15 May 2024 03:44:49 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I thought that too. I highlighted some text in a Konsole and then > >> looked in the KDE clipboard, what I highlighted was not there. It > >> wasn't there after I pasted it either. It goes to a clipboard somewhere > >> but it appears it only remembers one entry then forgets when you > >> highlight something else. I'm not aware of a way to access it yet. > >> I've looked for it but can't find it. To be honest, I wish there was a > >> way to clear it, wherever it is. I clear my KDE clipboard that is on my > >> desktop pretty regular. I always do so after copying passwords or > >> something important. > > > > xclip manipulates both the standard and X selection clipboards. It works > > with the X selection clipboard by default, so you shold be able to clear > > it with > > > > echo "" | xclip > > > >> I'm wondering if that clipboard is a part of Konsole itself. I've never > >> seen anything in the KDE clipboard that I just highlighted in Konsole. > > > > It's part of X. > > > >> I could use Bitwarden to generate passwords but then I'd need to copy it > >> to my regular clipboard to get it to the Konsole. I wanted to avoid > >> that. > > > > Bitwarden has an option to clear the clipboard after a configurable time, > > much like KeePassXC. > > > > Naturally, if you are really paranoid about security, you will run your > > own Vaultwarden server to avoid the passwords ever going anywhere out of > > your control. > > I wanted to check out the help info, maybe learn something new. This is > what I get when trying to find xclip. > > > root@fireball / # xc <tab twice> > xcam xchm xcircuit > root@fireball / # > > > There doesn't appear to be a xclip on here, not as a command anyway. > Could it be some other name? Maybe it changed? I'm sure it is > something. I just don't know what. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
x11-misc/xclip Or just select some empty space in an application, to overwrite your previous selection.
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