greenclip

Simple clipboard manager to be integrated with rofi - Static binary available

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Simple clipboard manager to be integrated with rofi - Static binary available

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Another good productivity hack is having a good clipboard manager. I highly recommend Green Clip: https://github.com/erebe/greenclip You can assign custom shortcut keys to pull…

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2019	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2020	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2
2021	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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wwfn·Dec 2, 2023

I'm thinking unpopular could mean the tech is polarizing or frequently dismissed/overlooked. * APL -- I haven't dedicated the time to learning in part because there's little support where I normally work. I'd love for APL to have be adapted like a domain specific language a la perl compatible regular expressions for various languages (april in common lisp, APL.jl in julia). * regular expressions. https://xkcd.com/1171/ * bugs/issue tracking embedded in git https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug/ But I'm more excited for things that fall into the niche/lesser-known side of of unpopular. I love finding the little gems that change how I organize or work with the system. * "type efficiently by saying syllables and literal words" https://sr.ht/~geb/numen/ * I use fasd[0] 'z' alias for jumping to previous directories in shell every d

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ay. * Alt+. in shell (readline, bash) to get the previous commands last argument is another ergonomic time saver that I think is relatively obscure. I have a bash wrapper to combine that with fzf for quick any-previous-command-argument fuzzy search and insert [1] * zimwiki [2] (and/or a less capable emacs mode[3]) for note taking has served me well for a decade+ * DokuWiki's XML RPC [4] enables local editor edits to a web wiki. I wish it was picked up by more editor plugin developers. (cf. emacs-dokiwki [5]) * xterm isn't unpopular per say, but I don't see sixel support and title setting escape codes talked about often. I depend on a bash debug trap to update the prompt with escape codes that set the terminal title [6] * are clipboard managers popular? I get a lot out of using https://github.com/erebe/greenclip [0] https://github.com/clvv/fasd [1] https://github.com/WillForan/fuzzy_arg [2] https://zim-wiki.org/ [3] https://github.com/WillForan/zim-wiki-mode [4] https://www.dokuwiki.org/xmlrpc [5] https://github.com/flexibeast/emacs-dokuwiki [6] https://github.com/WillForan/dotconf/blob/master/bash/PS1.ba... -- bash debug trap to update prompt with escape codes that set the title to previous run command -- to eg. search windows for the terminal playing music from 'mpv'

In Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?

matthewhartmans·Jan 5, 2022

Nice little piece of writing - thanks for sharing. One of the key things I can't go without now in my workflow is a clipboard manager. I use Rofi (https://github.com/davatorium/rofi) in combination with Greenclip (https://github.com/erebe/greenclip) and it's a Godsend. I have a custom keybinding (super key + c) that will bring up the Rofi menu to fuzzy search through previously copied items or pinned items. Super handy when writing code, finding old snippets, etc. Can't recommend it enough.

In The weight of the clipboard

camnora·Sep 22, 2020

Greenclips [1] works well for this if you're a rofi [2] user. You can set a staticHistoryPath that points to a file. When activating Greenclips, you can search for the desired command. I've been using this on my Linux box for the last year or so and haven't looked back. [1] https://github.com/erebe/greenclip [2] https://github.com/davatorium/rofi

In No script is too simple

matthewhartmans·May 19, 2020Recommendation phrase

Another good productivity hack is having a good clipboard manager. I highly recommend Green Clip: https://github.com/erebe/greenclip You can assign custom shortcut keys to pull it up and it can fuzzy search through your clipboard items.

In Linux Productivity Tools (2019) [pdf]

_emacsomancer_·Jul 12, 2019

Another nice tool (written in Haskell rather than Lisp in this case) is Greenclip, which integrates a clipboard into rodi/dmenu: https://github.com/erebe/greenclip

In Powerlisp: Common Lisp tool for automating tasks for Unix power-users