The multiple clipboards for copy and paste are driving me crazy. Is there some way to make ctrl-c, mouse highlight and menu dropdown->copy all do the same thing so I don't get something different depending on how I paste?
Ubuntu – Solve the multiple copy and paste clipboard problem
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I use parcellite - a "lightweight GTK+ clipboard manager". See the parcellite page on Sourceforge for screenshots.
It can sync both clipboards, has a history and some more features.
Various config things needed changing to get the results I wanted:
- In Firefox, about:config
ui.key.accelKey 18
ui.key.menuAccessKey 17
This makes the Alt+C, Alt+V and Alt+W the keyboard shortcuts for Firefox rather than the corresponding Ctrl keys. - In gnome-terminal, edit->keyboard shortcuts, turn off "Enable menu access keys", change the copy, paste, etc., to Alt+C, Alt+V, etc. (This may have been the default that I changed some time in the past.)
- In .synergy-conf, remove alt = super, super = alt. Now, Alt on the Ubuntu keyboard is the Command key on the Mac. Now, I just use Alt instead of Win; no big deal. (The Unity window manager seems to "own" the Win key; it seemed the path of least resistance to just change my habit here... and the Alt key is more like the location of the Command key on the Mac.)
- Disable "New Terminal - Alt-T" in system keyboard shortcuts so it can be used for "New Tab" in gnome-terminal and Firefox.
Thanks for the pointers... I'd forgotten about the Firefox about:config change I had made way back when, which was an essential piece to the puzzle.
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Parcellite Clipboard Manager will do what you want. Open the preferences, and check "Use Copy" "Use Primary" and "Synchronize Clipboards".
But be aware that synchronizing the selection buffer to the clipboard will necessarily prevent you from pasting text over a selection, because selecting text to paste over will replace the clipboard with the selected text.