Fixing the wps-office clipboard in Linux on Wayland

clipboard.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Credits
# DiabloSat - https://github.com/progzone122
# Andrés Alberto - https://gist.github.com/andriandreo
while true; do
    # Capture the current clipboard content
    clipboard_content=$(wl-paste)
    
    # Remove trailing newlines using sed
    cleaned_content=$(echo "$clipboard_content" | sed ':a; /^$/{$d; N;}; /\n$/ba')
    
    # Place the cleaned content back into the clipboard
    echo -n "$cleaned_content" | xclip -selection clipboard
    
    # Use xclip to set the clipboard content to itself (optional redundancy)
    xclip -selection clipboard -o | wl-copy
    
    # Wait for 0.5 seconds before the next iteration
    sleep 0.5
done

fix_en.md

Fixing Clipboard Issue for WPS Office on Linux with Wayland

WPS Office uses XWayland for operation, which causes issues with copying text from applications running via Wayland (such as Chromium, Firefox, and others).

This happens due to the incompatibility of the clipboard between Wayland and XWayland.

As a result, the WPS Office application cannot access the clipboard content, leading to errors when attempting to paste text.

To fix this, you can use the following workaround:

• Install dependencies:
  • Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S xclip wl-clipboard
  • Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install xclip wl-clipboard
• Create a Bash script (e.g., clipboard.sh):

#!/bin/bash
# Credits
# DiabloSat - https://github.com/progzone122
# Andrés Alberto - https://gist.github.com/andriandreo
while true; do
    # Capture the current clipboard content
    clipboard_content=$(wl-paste)
    
    # Remove trailing newlines using sed
    cleaned_content=$(echo "$clipboard_content" | sed ':a; /^$/{$d; N;}; /\n$/ba')
    
    # Place the cleaned content back into the clipboard
    echo -n "$cleaned_content" | xclip -selection clipboard
    
    # Use xclip to set the clipboard content to itself (optional redundancy)
    xclip -selection clipboard -o | wl-copy
    
    # Wait for 0.5 seconds before the next iteration
    sleep 0.5
done

• Make the Bash script executable:

chmod +x clipboard.sh

• Configure the Bash script to run at system startup using any convenient method:

  • For hyprland:

  Edit the file hyprland.conf:

  # fix buffer copy&paste between wayland and xwayland
  exec-once = sleep 2 && $HOME/.config/hypr/clipboard.sh # Enter your path to the script

  • For i3wm:

  Edit the file config:

  # fix buffer copy&paste between Wayland and XWayland
  exec --no-startup-id $HOME/.config/i3/clipboard.sh & # Enter your path to the script

  • For bspwm:

  Edit the file ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc:

  nohup $HOME/.config/bspwm/clipboard.sh & # Enter your path to the script

  • For KDE:

  Create file ~/.config/autostart/clipboard.desktop

  [Desktop Entry]
  Type=Application
  Name=my-script
  GenericName=my-script
  Comment=My Script
  Exec='absolute_path_to_your_script'
  Terminal=false

  • For Gnome:

  Create file ~/.config/autostart/clipboard.desktop

  [Desktop Entry]
  Name=my-script
  GenericName=my-script
  Comment=My Script
  Exec='absolute_path_to_your_script'
  Terminal=false
  Type=Application
  X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true

fix_ru.md

Исправление буфера обмена wps-office в Linux на Wayland

WPS Office использует XWayland для работы, что вызывает проблемы с копированием текста из приложений, запущенных через Wayland (такие как Chromium, Firefox и другие)

Это происходит из-за несовместимости буфера обмена между Wayland и XWayland.

В результате, приложение WPS Office не может получить доступ к содержимому буфера обмена, что приводит к ошибкам при попытке вставки текста.

Для исправления можно использовать данный хак:

• Устанавливаем зависимости:
  • Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S xclip wl-clipboard
  • Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install xclip wl-clipboard
• Создайте bash скрипт (например clipboard.sh):

#!/bin/bash
# Credits
# DiabloSat - https://github.com/progzone122
# Andrés Alberto - https://gist.github.com/andriandreo
while true; do
    # Capture the current clipboard content
    clipboard_content=$(wl-paste)
    
    # Remove trailing newlines using sed
    cleaned_content=$(echo "$clipboard_content" | sed ':a; /^$/{$d; N;}; /\n$/ba')
    
    # Place the cleaned content back into the clipboard
    echo -n "$cleaned_content" | xclip -selection clipboard
    
    # Use xclip to set the clipboard content to itself (optional redundancy)
    xclip -selection clipboard -o | wl-copy
    
    # Wait for 0.5 seconds before the next iteration
    sleep 0.5
done

• Сделайте bash скрипт исполняемым

chmod +x clipboard.sh

• Настройте запуск bash скрипта при запуске системы любым удобным способом

  • hyprland:

    Файл hyprland.conf

    # fix buffer copy&paste between wayland and xwayland
    exec-once = sleep 2 && $HOME/.config/hypr/clipboard.sh # Введите свой путь до скрипта
    

  • i3wm:

    Файл config

    # fix buffer copy&paste between wayland and xwayland
    exec --no-startup-id $HOME/.config/i3/clipboard.sh & # Введите свой путь до скрипта
    

  • bspwm:

    Файл ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc

    nohup $HOME/.config/bspwm/clipboard.sh & # Введите свой путь до скрипта
    

  • KDE

    Создайте файл ~/.config/autostart/clipboard.desktop

    [Desktop Entry]
    Type=Application
    Name=my-script
    GenericName=my-script
    Comment=My Script
    Exec='абсолютный_путь_до_вашего_скрипта'
    Terminal=false

  • Gnome

    Создайте файл ~/.config/autostart/clipboard.desktop

    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=my-script
    GenericName=my-script
    Comment=My Script
    Exec='абсолютный_путь_до_вашего_скрипта'
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true

Also fixes VirtualBox Shared Clipboard on Wayland because it is supposed to work with the X11 clipboard only.

Also fixes VirtualBox Shared Clipboard on Wayland because it is supposed to work with the X11 clipboard only.

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For some reason clips in a lot of blank lines. Any way to fix? Using hyprland

For some reason clips in a lot of blank lines. Any way to fix? Using hyprland

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