How to set clipboard content from emacs-nox?
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snowman5410 · 2022-12-08 14:31

I mostly use emacs-nox (on Linux with KDE Plasma) so the `select-
enable-clipboard` setting does not work like when you are in graphical
mode. Reading https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CopyAndPaste most
packages deal with reading the system clipboard content and not
setting it. I tried
[simpleclip.el](https://github.com/rolandwalker/simpleclip) but when
running `simpleclip-copy` I got the error message `Clipboar suppot not
available`.

I can use emacs in graphical mode, but really prefer emacs-nox,
because I mostly live in Konsole. Plus some keyboard shortcuts do not
work in graphical mode like `C-c down` (`C-c M-O B`)  (`command-org-
shiftdown`) which I haven't investigated the cause of.

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alternateved · 2022-12-08 15:04

You could try using `xclip` Emacs package with its external
dependencies (`xclip` on X11 or `wl-clipboard` on Wayland). Also
`clippety` package is excellent choice if you use supported terminal
(and it also works via ssh).

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deaddyfreddy · 2022-12-08 15:23

A bit offtopic, but actually, you can run shell commands from Emacs
itself, there are
[multiple](https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/running-shells-in-
emacs-overview) [ways](https://git.sr.ht/~niklaseklund/detached.el) to
do that.

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snowman5410 · 2022-12-08 16:03

> xclip

OK this works so I'm trying this one first (the package is obsoleted
according to ELPA though). I'll by trying out clippety next. Thanks!

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snowman5410 · 2022-12-08 16:05

Thanks, I use `M-x shell` most often. Didn't know about detached.el,
will be looking into it also.

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alternateved · 2022-12-08 18:58

I feel `clippety` is best when you a. use one of the supported
terminals already, b. have to work remotely via ssh (Emacs is
installed remotely). For anything else `xclip` seems good enough.

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pwnedary · 2022-12-09 10:01

Where do you read that it's obsoleted?

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snowman5410 · 2022-12-10 02:00

When I opened the link for the package xclip in M-x list-packages
buffer. Though now after uninstalling and installing it again, I'm not
seeing it. Could it be that the other day before I refresh the package
list, xclip was at 1.10 and it said obsolete referring to the version
which is not the current version of 1.11?