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[clipboard tool linux] clipboard tool linux #clipboard #history #linux
download greenclip from https://github.com/erebe/greenclip/releases
put `greenclip` in $PATH (i did put it in /usr/bin)
# create a startup app with
`greenclip daemon &>/dev/null & disown`
create a global shortcut (i do use Shift+Alt+V) with
`rofi -modi "clipboard:greenclip print" -show clipboard -run-command '{cmd}' ; sleep 0.5; xdotool type $(xclip -o -selection clipboard)`
under ~/.config/rofi, create 2 files `nord.rasi` and `config.rasi`
under ~/.config, create 1 file `.config/greenclip.toml`
*.config/greenclip.toml*
```BASH
[greenclip]
blacklisted_applications = []
enable_image_support = true
history_file = "/home/tunknown/.cache/greenclip.history"
image_cache_directory = "/tmp/greenclip"
max_history_length = 500
max_selection_size_bytes = 0
static_history = ["Greenclip has been updated to v4.1, update your new config file at ~/.config/greenclip.toml"]
trim_space_from_selection = true
use_primary_selection_as_input = false
```
*~/.config/rofi/nord.rasi*
```BASH
/**
* Nordic rofi theme
* Adapted by undiabler <[email protected]>
*
* Nord Color palette imported from https://www.nordtheme.com/
*
*/
* {
nord0: #2e3440;
nord1: #3b4252;
nord2: #434c5e;
nord3: #4c566a;
nord4: #d8dee9;
nord5: #e5e9f0;
nord6: #eceff4;
nord7: #8fbcbb;
nord8: #88c0d0;
nord9: #81a1c1;
nord10: #5e81ac;
nord11: #bf616a;
nord12: #d08770;
nord13: #ebcb8b;
nord14: #a3be8c;
nord15: #b48ead;
foreground: @nord9;
backlight: #ccffeedd;
background-color: transparent;
highlight: underline bold #eceff4;
transparent: rgba(46,52,64,0);
}
window {
location: center;
anchor: center;
transparency: "screenshot";
padding: 10px;
border: 0px;
border-radius: 6px;
background-color: @transparent;
spacing: 0;
children: [mainbox];
orientation: horizontal;
}
mainbox {
spacing: 0;
children: [ inputbar, message, listview ];
}
message {
color: @nord0;
padding: 5;
border-color: @foreground;
border: 0px 2px 2px 2px;
background-color: @nord7;
}
inputbar {
color: @nord6;
padding: 11px;
background-color: #3b4252;
border: 1px;
border-radius: 6px 6px 0px 0px;
border-color: @nord10;
}
entry, prompt, case-indicator {
text-font: inherit;
text-color:inherit;
}
prompt {
margin: 0px 1em 0em 0em ;
}
listview {
padding: 8px;
border-radius: 0px 0px 6px 6px;
border-color: @nord10;
border: 0px 1px 1px 1px;
background-color: rgba(46,52,64,0.9);
dynamic: false;
}
element {
padding: 3px;
vertical-align: 0.5;
border-radius: 4px;
background-color: transparent;
color: @foreground;
text-color: rgb(216, 222, 233);
}
element selected.normal {
background-color: @nord7;
text-color: #2e3440;
}
element-text, element-icon {
background-color: inherit;
text-color: inherit;
}
button {
padding: 6px;
color: @foreground;
horizontal-align: 0.5;
border: 2px 0px 2px 2px;
border-radius: 4px 0px 0px 4px;
border-color: @foreground;
}
button selected normal {
border: 2px 0px 2px 2px;
border-color: @foreground;
}
```
**~/.config/rofi/config.rasi*
```BASH
configuration {
font: "Envy Code R 10";
line-margin: 10;
display-ssh: "";
display-run: "";
display-drun: "";
display-window: "";
display-combi: "";
show-icons: true;
}
@theme "~/.config/rofi/nord.rasi"
listview {
columns: 2;
}
window {
width: 75%;
}
```
*~/.config/rofi/config.rasi*
```BASH
configuration {
font: "Envy Code R 10";
line-margin: 10;
display-ssh: "";
display-run: "";
display-drun: "";
display-window: "";
display-combi: "";
show-icons: true;
}
@theme "~/.config/rofi/nord.rasi"
listview {
columns: 2;
}
window {
width: 75%;
}
```
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