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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> |
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<date>2013-06-02</date> |
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<releaseinfo>0.9.7 (&kde; 4.11)</releaseinfo> |
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<releaseinfo>Plasma 5.4</releaseinfo> |
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<abstract> |
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<para>&klipper; is the &kde; clipboard cut & paste utility.</para> |
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<para>&klipper; is the &plasma; clipboard cut & paste utility.</para> |
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<keyword>clipboard</keyword> |
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<!--http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2014/07/next-generation-klipper/--> |
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<chapter id="introduction"> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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<para>&klipper; is the &kde; clipboard utility. It stores clipboard |
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<para>&klipper; is the &plasma; clipboard utility. It stores clipboard |
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history, and allows you to link clipboard contents to application |
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actions. Please report any problems or feature requests to <ulink |
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url="http://bugs.kde.org">KDEs bugzilla</ulink> or use the <guimenuitem>Report Bug</guimenuitem> |
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item in the <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu.</para> |
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url="http://bugs.kde.org">KDEs bugzilla</ulink>.</para> |
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<sect1 id="basic-usage"> |
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<title>Basic Usage</title> |
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<para>You can use &klipper; in the systemtray either as &plasma; widget or classic application. |
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Both share the same functionality but have a different &GUI; and show the last item of the history |
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when hoovering the &klipper; icon in the systemtray: |
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<screenshot> |
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<screeninfo>The &klipper; icon.</screeninfo> |
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</screenshot> |
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<para>The &klipper; widget is hidden if the clipboard is empty.</para> |
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<para>To display the clipboard history, click on the &klipper; icon in |
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the &kde; panel, or press <keycombo |
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action="simul">&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>V</keycap> </keycombo>. Previous |
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clipboard entries are shown at the top of the popup menu which |
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appears. Selecting one of these copies it to the clipboard, from |
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where it can be pasted into any &kde; or X application as |
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usual.</para> |
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the systemtray.</para> |
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<note><para>The shortcut for this action has to be configured in the |
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<guilabel>System Tray Settings</guilabel> on the <guilabel>Entries</guilabel> |
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page.</para></note> |
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<sect2 id="klipper-widget"> |
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<title>&klipper; Widget</title> |
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<screenshot> |
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<screeninfo>The &klipper; Widget.</screeninfo> |
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<mediaobject> |
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<imageobject> |
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<textobject> |
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<phrase>The &klipper; Widget</phrase> |
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</mediaobject> |
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</screenshot> |
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<para>Hoover an entry with the mouse pointer and four icons appear which enable you to |
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invoke an action, show the barcode, edit the content or remove the entry from the history. |
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Use &ksnapshot; to capture the barcodes and save them. |
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</para> |
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<para>You can search through the clipboard history by opening it |
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(click on &klipper;) and typing your query. The results are updated as |
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you type. In case you're wondering how to use the accelerator keys in |
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the &klipper; menu, just press &Alt; and the accelerator you want. For |
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example, to clear the clipboard history when the &klipper; menu is |
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open, press &Alt; and the underlined letter in <guimenuitem>Clear Clipboard History</guimenuitem> |
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.</para> |
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<para>Select <guilabel>Show Barcode</guilabel> from the &klipper; popup menu to open a |
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dialog with a <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code">QRCode</ulink> and a |
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<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datamatrix">DataMatrix</ulink> barcode. |
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Use &ksnapshot; to capture the barcodes and save them. |
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you type. To clear the clipboard history click on the icon at the right of |
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the search field. |
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</para> |
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<para>The <guilabel>Configure</guilabel> action in the context menu opens the |
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<link linkend="preferences">settings dialog</link>. |
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</para> |
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<para>To disable &klipper;, click on its icon and |
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from the menu that appears, select |
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<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>.</para> |
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<para>To disable the &klipper; widget, deselect it in the <guilabel>General</guilabel> page |
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of the <guilabel>System Tray Settings</guilabel> (<keycombo |
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action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>S</keycap>).</para> |
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</sect2> |
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<sect2 id="klipper-application"> |
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<title>&klipper; Application</title> |
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<screenshot> |
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<screeninfo>The &klipper; Application.</screeninfo> |
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<mediaobject> |
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<textobject> |
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<phrase>The &klipper; Application</phrase> |
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<para>At the top of the available menu actions previous clipboard entries are shown. |
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Selecting one of these copies it to the clipboard, from |
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where it can be pasted into any &kde; or X application as usual.</para> |
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<para>You can search through the clipboard history by typing your query |
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in the seach field at the top. The results are updated as |
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you type. |
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example, any clipboard contents starting with <quote>http://</quote> can |
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be passed to Firefox or &konqueror; as &URL;s to open. In addition, if the |
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contents matches a path, similar actions can be performed according to the file's |
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type. E.g, if the path to a <acronym>PDF</acronym> file is copied to the clipboard, the file can be |
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type. ⪚, if the path to a <acronym>PDF</acronym> file is copied to the clipboard, the file can be |
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viewed in &okular;.</para> |
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<para>To use this feature, just select a &URL; or path. <!-- starting with slash ?--> |
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contents, select <guimenuitem>Disable This Popup</guimenuitem> on the pop-up menu |
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to return to what you were doing before. If you leave the menu, it will |
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disappear, leaving you to continue your work. You can change the time |
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that the menu remains for in the <guilabel>Configure Klipper...</guilabel> |
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that the menu remains for in the settings |
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dialog, with the option <guilabel>Timeout for action popups</guilabel> |
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under the <guilabel>General</guilabel> page. You can separately disable the |
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file path part using the option <guilabel>Enable MIME-based actions</guilabel> under |
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the <guilabel>Actions</guilabel> page.</para> |
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<para>Actions can be disabled completely by clicking on &klipper; and |
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deselecting <guimenuitem>Enable Clipboard Actions</guimenuitem>, or by pressing |
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo>.</para> |
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<para>Actions can be disabled completely by pressing |
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the shortcut <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo>.</para> |
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<para>Clipboard contents which match a regular expression can also be |
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edited before performing an action on them. Select <guimenuitem>Edit |
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contents...</guimenuitem> on the &klipper; pop-up menu, and you can |
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contents...</guimenuitem> at the right of the clipboard entry, and you can |
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change the clipboard contents in the dialog which appears, before |
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clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button to run the appropriate |
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</para> |
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clipboard buffer is pasted using <keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap> |
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> |
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</menuchoice>.</para> |
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</keycombo> or by selecting <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> |
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in a context menu.</para> |
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</note> |
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<guimenuitem>Configure &klipper;...</guimenuitem> from the &klipper; pop-up menu, |
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<guimenuitem>Configure &klipper;...</guimenuitem> from the &klipper; context menu, |
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<guilabel>General</guilabel> page. Unchecking <guilabel>Synchronize contents of the clipboard and the |
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selection</guilabel> makes the clipboard and selection function as completely |
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<title>Configuring &klipper;</title> |
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<title>Viewing the Configuration Dialog</title> |
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<para>To view or change &klipper;'s settings, open the &klipper; |
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pop-up menu, and select <guimenuitem>Configure Klipper...</guimenuitem>. The &klipper; |
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configuration dialog will appear. Its contents are described |
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below.</para> |
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<term><guilabel>Timeout for Action pop-ups</guilabel></term> |
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<listitem><para>Set the time that a popup menu will remain for if you do |
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nothing with it.</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>Click the <guibutton>Add Action</guibutton> button |
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<listitem><para>Click the <guibutton>Add Action...</guibutton> button |
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to add a regular expression for &klipper; to match. &klipper; uses |
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&Qt;'s <classname>QRegExp</classname>, which understands most regular |
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<note><para>You can find detailed information about the use of |
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<classname>QRegExp</classname> regular expressions at <ulink |
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the mouse cursor, instead of their default position (in the &plasma; Panel). |
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<title>Installation</title> |
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<title>How to obtain &klipper;</title> |
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&install.intro.documentation; |
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<para>To remove &klipper; from your panel, select <guimenuitem>Remove |
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with the following contents: |
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<programlisting> |
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The latter will keep the system installation intact and only prevent |
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&klipper; being started for you, without affecting other users. |
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