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Dot-clipboard – Monitor your clipboard and run scripts based on its content

38 points by fgribreau 12y ago

iovar 12y ago
Klipper of kde has had configurable actions for ages. I've always found it to be too intrusive and I've kept it disabled.
Flenser 12y ago
https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ
- fgribreau 12y ago
  Added CopyQ in "alternatives" section, thanks!
  - npongratz 12y ago
    You might also be interested in ClipMenu for OS X as well: https://github.com/naotaka/ClipMenu https://github.com/naotaka/ClipMenu It's a bit of a Swiss Army knife for the clipboard, and among other actions, allows for user-created Javascript to act upon clipboard contents. I don't know if the scripts can be called automatically, however. http://www.clipmenu.com/static/images/screenshot/en/pref-action.jpg http://www.clipmenu.com/static/images/screenshot/en/pref-act... FWIW, the documentation says it's for OS X 10.5-10.6, but I have it running on 10.9 without issue.
    - fgribreau 12y ago
      Thanks! I added ClipMenu as well :)
npongratz 12y ago
Hopefully there is some consideration (somehow) for not monitoring the many passwords and passphrases that flow through clipboards. I took a quick look, but couldn't find acknowledgment. Maybe we need a secure clipboard that guarantees (again, somehow) purging 1) immediately after a paste, and 2) after a specified time period such as 30 seconds.
- u02sgb 12y ago
  Keepass has this feature built in after copying username/passwords.
- webjprgm 12y ago
  Could you implement that with a dot-clipboard script that looked for things that appeared password-like or username-like and then clears the clipboard after 30 seconds?
alistairjcbrown 12y ago
It may be worth adding a section to your readme with the dependencies you use / how it works. I had a look at the code because I was curious about how Javascript could interact with the clipboard. I can see that you use "clipboard-watcher" which in turn uses "NodObjC" - which also explains why this is OSX only.
- fgribreau 12y ago
  Duly noted, thanks! About clipboard-watcher, the support for windows/*nix would be fairly easy to add.
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jmnicolas 12y ago
The "dot" part is a bit confusing, at first I thought it was something in dotnet.
pasbesoin 12y ago
It may have a somewhat different focus (extensive and quickly accessible clipboard history), but you might find Ditto (Windows) interesting to have a look at. http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ I've missed having something similar on this Ubuntu machine I'm using. I'll have a look at CopyQ when my time frees up. P.S. I seem to recall reading that Ditto allowed at least some level of hooking/triggering based upon content, but I never used it and I may be mis-remembering.

38 points by fgribreau 12y ago

iovar 12y ago

Klipper of kde has had configurable actions for ages. I've always found it to be too intrusive and I've kept it disabled.

Flenser 12y ago

https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ

fgribreau 12y ago
Added CopyQ in "alternatives" section, thanks!
- npongratz 12y ago
  You might also be interested in ClipMenu for OS X as well: https://github.com/naotaka/ClipMenu https://github.com/naotaka/ClipMenu It's a bit of a Swiss Army knife for the clipboard, and among other actions, allows for user-created Javascript to act upon clipboard contents. I don't know if the scripts can be called automatically, however. http://www.clipmenu.com/static/images/screenshot/en/pref-action.jpg http://www.clipmenu.com/static/images/screenshot/en/pref-act... FWIW, the documentation says it's for OS X 10.5-10.6, but I have it running on 10.9 without issue.
  - fgribreau 12y ago
    Thanks! I added ClipMenu as well :)

npongratz 12y ago

Hopefully there is some consideration (somehow) for not monitoring the many passwords and passphrases that flow through clipboards. I took a quick look, but couldn't find acknowledgment. Maybe we need a secure clipboard that guarantees (again, somehow) purging 1) immediately after a paste, and 2) after a specified time period such as 30 seconds.

u02sgb 12y ago
Keepass has this feature built in after copying username/passwords.
webjprgm 12y ago
Could you implement that with a dot-clipboard script that looked for things that appeared password-like or username-like and then clears the clipboard after 30 seconds?

alistairjcbrown 12y ago

It may be worth adding a section to your readme with the dependencies you use / how it works. I had a look at the code because I was curious about how Javascript could interact with the clipboard. I can see that you use "clipboard-watcher" which in turn uses "NodObjC" - which also explains why this is OSX only.

fgribreau 12y ago
Duly noted, thanks! About clipboard-watcher, the support for windows/*nix would be fairly easy to add.
- deleted 12y ago
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jmnicolas 12y ago

The "dot" part is a bit confusing, at first I thought it was something in dotnet.

pasbesoin 12y ago

It may have a somewhat different focus (extensive and quickly accessible clipboard history), but you might find Ditto (Windows) interesting to have a look at. http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ I've missed having something similar on this Ubuntu machine I'm using. I'll have a look at CopyQ when my time frees up. P.S. I seem to recall reading that Ditto allowed at least some level of hooking/triggering based upon content, but I never used it and I may be mis-remembering.