Homepage: http://github.com/rolandwalker/simpleclip
Author: Roland Walker
Updated:
Simplified access to the system clipboard
Quickstart
(require 'simpleclip)
(simpleclip-mode 1)
;; Press super-c to copy without affecting the kill ring.
;; Press super-x or super-v to cut or paste.
;; On OS X, use ⌘-c, ⌘-v, ⌘-x.
Explanation
By default, Emacs orchestrates a subtle interaction between the
internal kill ring and the external system clipboard.
`simpleclip-mode' radically simplifies clipboard handling: the
system clipboard and the Emacs kill ring are made completely
independent, and never influence each other.
`simpleclip-mode' also enables support for accessing the system
clipboard from a TTY where possible. You will likely need to
set up custom keybindings if you want to take advantage of that.
To use simpleclip, place the simpleclip.el library somewhere
Emacs can find it, and add the following to your ~/.emacs file:
(require 'simpleclip)
(simpleclip-mode 1)
Keybindings
Turning on `simpleclip-mode' activates clipboard-oriented key
bindings which are modifiable in customize.
The default bindings override keystrokes which may be bound as
alternatives for kill/yank commands on your system. "Traditional"
kill/yank keys (control-k, control-y, meta-y) are unaffected.
The default keybindings are
super-c simpleclip-copy
super-x simpleclip-cut
super-v simpleclip-paste
control- simpleclip-copy
shift- simpleclip-cut
shift- simpleclip-paste
The "super" keybindings are friendly for OS X. The "insert"/"delete"
keybindings are better suited for Unix and MS Windows.
See Also
M-x customize-group RET simpleclip RET
Notes
`simpleclip-mode' does not affect `x-select-enable-primary' or
`select-enable-primary'.
Access to the system clipboard from a TTY is provided for those
cases where a literal paste is needed -- for example, where
autopair interferes with pasted input which is interpreted as
keystrokes. If you are already happy with the copy/paste provided
by your terminal emulator, then you don't need to set up
simpleclip's TTY support.
The following functions may be useful to call from Lisp:
`simpleclip-get-contents'
`simpleclip-set-contents'
Compatibility and Requirements
No external dependencies
Tested on OS X, X11, and MS Windows
Bugs
Assumes that transient-mark-mode is on.
Menu items under Edit are rebound successfully, but the visible
menu text does not change. cua-mode does this correctly --
because of remap? because of emulation-mode-map-alists?
Key bindings do not work out-of-the-box with Aquamacs.
TODO
TTY-friendly key bindings.
Keep kill-ring commands in Edit menu under modified names.
Support non-string data types.
License
Simplified BSD License:
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