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Why is copy and paste so difficult for Linux to solve? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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It seems like for at least a decade every application/framework has had their own paste buffer, and honestly I'm surprised this isn't "just working" out of the box by now.

  1. Open Terminal
  2. Run pwgen, double click one of the passwords.
  3. Middle click in Terminal, the copied password pastes just fine.
  4. Switch back to Chrome, CTRL-V into the password field.
  5. Realize 5 minutes later when you can't login with the user you've just created, it's because the content you pasted into the password field was an URL you copied in Chrome 15 minutes ago.

And don't even get me started on vim/neovim having yet another copy/paste buffer.

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[-] cspiegel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Others have covered PRIMARY vs CLIPBOARD (the separation of which I find to be extremely useful).

For Vim, you have access to these both via the registers + (CLIPBOARD) and * (PRIMARY). So, for example, to paste from your CLIPBOARD selection, you'd do this:

"+p

(or P). Similar for yanking:

"+yy

for example.

this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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