Klipper
Encyclopedia
Klipper is a clipboard manager
for the KDE
interface. It allows users of Unix-like
operating systems running the KDE desktop environment to access a history of X Selections
, any item of which can be reselected for pasting. It can also be used to react automatically if a certain text is selected (e.g. opening an URL in a browser).
Clipboard manager
A clipboard manager is a computer program that adds functionality to basic clipboard usage.All existing window managers provide only one buffer, overwritten by each new clipping....
for the KDE
KDE
KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
interface. It allows users of Unix-like
Unix-like
A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification....
operating systems running the KDE desktop environment to access a history of X Selections
X Window selection
Selections, cut buffers, and drag-and-drop are the mechanisms used in the X Window System to allow a user to transfer data from a window to another. Selections and cut buffer are typically used when a user selects text or some other data in a window and pastes in another one...
, any item of which can be reselected for pasting. It can also be used to react automatically if a certain text is selected (e.g. opening an URL in a browser).