Glipper – clipboard manager for GNOME

Glipper is a clipboard manager originally developed for the GNOME desktop environment. It provides access to previously copied text through a graphical history menu, allowing users to retrieve material that would otherwise have been replaced by subsequent clipboard operations.

The application was designed around the traditional GNOME panel. It later gained AppIndicator support, extending its usefulness to environments such as Ubuntu Unity and GNOME Classic. Its desktop integration reflects the GNOME architecture for which it was developed.

Glipper monitors two X11 clipboard mechanisms. The conventional clipboard records content explicitly copied by an application, while the primary selection contains text selected with the mouse. Both can be incorporated into the clipboard history, allowing users to retrieve material from either source.

Clipboard history is saved when the application exits, and users can configure the number and maximum length of retained entries. Selecting an earlier item from the history makes it available for pasting into another application.

An important aspect of Glipper is its plugin architecture. Rather than incorporating every function directly into the main application, it provides extensions for reusable snippets, automatic actions, network synchronisation and other clipboard operations.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Maintains a history of previously copied text.
• Records content from the conventional X11 clipboard.
• Supports the X11 primary selection used when highlighting text with the mouse.
• Allows earlier clipboard entries to be selected for reuse.
• Provides configurable limits for the number and length of stored entries.
• Saves clipboard history when the application exits.
• Offers a plugin architecture for extending clipboard functionality.
• Includes a Snippets plugin for creating reusable text fragments from history entries.
• Provides an Actions plugin that executes commands when clipboard content matches a regular expression.
• Offers a Network plugin for synchronising clipboard histories between Glipper instances.
• Includes a Grow plugin that removes an earlier entry when it is replaced by an extended version of the same text.
• Provides a Nopaste plugin for sending clipboard text to an external paste service.
• Includes a Newline plugin for appending newline characters to clipboard entries.
• Supports AppIndicator integration with traditional desktop environments.
• Provides translations for international users.

Website: launchpad.net/glipper
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Developer: Sven Rech, Eugenio Depalo, Karderio, Laszlo Pandy
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

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