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First I have this systemd user service at
~/.config/systemd/user/copyq.service
:Replace the
/nix/store/9qni1by8lzjccm5pc4hqpm70f3wllfqg-CopyQ-unstable-2023-04-14/bin/copyq
with/usr/bin/copyq
or wherever your copyq is installed. Then you probably need to reload the systemd daemon or something, not sure (trysystemctl --user daemon-reload
and thensystemctl --user enable copyq.service
and thensystemctl --user start copyq.service
- you only need to do this once).This service needs to be running for CopyQ to work. Alternatively use any other way you're familiar with to automatically start copyq server after you log in. Trust me, there's nothing more frustrating then suddenly needing it and realizing you haven't started the server so it doesn't have the content you're looking for.
Afterwards you need to configure your desktop environment to assign a global shortcut for the command
copyq menu
. For example in Cinnamon it'sSystem Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Add custom shortcut
. Then you add the name (e.g.CopyQ
), the command (copyq menu
) and after pressing Add you assign the shortcut, for exampleSuper+V
. This step is different for every desktop environment, but googling "[your DE name] global shortcuts" should help.If by any chance you have NixOS and Cinnamon, you may configure it like this:
Doesn't CopyQ have a shortcuts menu in its settings?
it didn't work for some reason
Yes, but it didn't work reliably for me. Having the DE handle it should always work.
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