On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 11:39 AM Bob Weber <bobrwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/15/19 9:49 AM, Keith Christian wrote: > > Bob, > > Thank you. > > I assume the clipboard application that installs by default on stretch can > be removed and replaced with the (far superior, IMHO) klipper app? > > Or can (or should?) the two clipboard applications coexist? > > Keith > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 4:48 PM Bob Weber <bobrwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 8/14/19 6:27 PM, Keith Christian wrote: >> >> klipper was a feature-rich clipboard manager but I can't find it in Stretch. >> >> This is all I see: >> >> $ apt-cache search klipper >> cairo-dock-clipper-plug-in - Clipper plug-in for Cairo-dock >> >> cairo-dock-clipper-plug-in claims to be a clone of klipper but the >> features seem to be hidden. >> >> Anyone know if 'klipper' is deprecated or simply not in Debian? Not >> much found on web searches even targeting mail.kde.org mailing lists. >> >> >> Its in plasma-workspace now. Latest update: >> >> [2019-02-24] plasma-workspace 4:5.14.5.1-1 MIGRATED to testing >> >> It should have been installed with kde/plasma. "apt-file search klipper" >> finds it. >> >> >> > I would be careful trying to remove klipper. The other files in > plasma-workspace are very important. > > apt-file list plasma-workspace: > > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/gmenudbusmenuproxy > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/kcheckrunning > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/kcminit > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/kcminit_startup > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/kdostartupconfig5 > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/klipper > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/krunner > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/ksmserver > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/ksplashqml > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/kstartupconfig5 > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/kuiserver5 > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/plasma_waitforname > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/plasmashell > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/plasmawindowed > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/startkde > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/systemmonitor > plasma-workspace: /usr/bin/xembedsniproxy > > These are just the ones in /usr/bin. If you try to remove > plasma-workspace then kde would be gone. > > The new klipper seems to have plenty of options. I use Alt-C -- Open > klipper at mouse position a lot (not sure if that is the default). Makes > it very easy to see and change what will be pasted. I run testing here and > didn't notice the change to the new klipper. I see the older klipper > package was removed back in 2015 as part of kde-workspace. > > > -- >> >> >> *...Bob* >> > > -- > > > *...Bob* > Bob, Thanks for the extra information. I could not see “klipper” in the process list so I assumed that was not running. But now I see that it actually is klipper itself. It looks like the options are not set for full expression of klipper’s capability, so I thought it was a clone. Appreciate the feedback. Keith >
