I have a simple custom solution that works well for me. Snippets are just files in a directory. The filename is the snippet name. If the file is executable, it

I have a simple custom solution that works well for me. Snippets are just files in a directory. The filename is the snippet name. If the file is executable, it uses whatever is returned from running it. You can use zenity [0] to create forms or run rofi/dmenu to select "arguments" in those scripts. It uses `rofi` and `xdotool`: #!/bin/bash SNIPPET_DIR="${HOME}/.config/snipex" DMENU="rofi -dmenu -b -p Snippet:" XSEL="/usr/bin/xsel --clipboard --input" SNIPPET=$(ls -1 "${SNIPPET_DIR}" | ${DMENU}) FILE="${SNIPPET_DIR}/${SNIPPET}" STRIP_NEWLINE="head -c -1" if [ -x "${FILE}" ]; then # snippet is executable -> run it and copy the result ${FILE} | ${STRIP_NEWLINE} | ${XSEL} elif [ -f "${FILE}" ]; then # copy the contents of the file ${STRIP_NEWLINE} ${FILE} | ${XSEL} else # clean clipboard echo "" | ${XSEL} fi xdotool key --clearmodifiers "Shift+Insert" edit: and I have an xbindkeys config to run this script when I press Meta+, [0]: https://help.gnome.org/users/zenity/stable/forms.html.en https://help.gnome.org/users/zenity/stable/forms.html.en