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This is far from my area of expertise, so let me know if I'm incorrect anywhere. Here is how I imagine thing are: Currently: application queries clipboard stat

• filleduchaos 6y ago
  Again, how exactly do you propose that "get a message when CTRL-V is clicked" would work with: - raw keyboard modes (in which an application gets input straight off the keyboard because it wants to do its own keyboard processing) - graphical context menus (user clicks on a paste button within the app, or even uses a voice or other control - how does the application communicate to the OS "my user wants to paste"? Or does your back-of-the-napkin fix require users to only use devices with keyboards and only use the keyboard?) Amongst other technical considerations. It's almost as if pretty much every major OS/windowing system has ways of programmatically accessing the shared clipboard for a reason.