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Why is copy and paste so difficult for Linux to solve? (self.linux)

submitted 2 years ago by BaconIsAVeg to c/[email protected]

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It seems like for at least a decade every application/framework has had their own paste buffer, and honestly I'm surprised this isn't "just working" out of the box by now.

Open Terminal
Run pwgen, double click one of the passwords.
Middle click in Terminal, the copied password pastes just fine.
Switch back to Chrome, CTRL-V into the password field.
Realize 5 minutes later when you can't login with the user you've just created, it's because the content you pasted into the password field was an URL you copied in Chrome 15 minutes ago.

And don't even get me started on vim/neovim having yet another copy/paste buffer.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Middle click in chrome...

If you want to use ctrl-v you need to the newer method of ctrl-shift-c first. It uses shift for the same reason windows does in a command prompt, ctrl-c is a reserved combination.

Not a Linux issue. Two different paradigms one older than the other, chose which is best to use.

On my laptop's I use ctrl-shift-c and ctrl-shift-v due to not having a middle click. With a mouse I middle click instinctively.

[–] ik5pvx 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can set the touchpad to emulate third button by clicking left and right together. this setting is buried in the mouse configuration options and usually disabled by default.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes I have used that in the past but it's way to finniky in operation as it sometimes registers a left or right click instead.