There are a number of service menus for Dolphin on kde-look.org to copy the path of a file, using Klipper like this:

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qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper setClipboardContents %U

I'd like to be able to do something similar with the plasma clipboard, rather than using Klipper. Is there any way to do this?

stevek wrote:There are a number of service menus for Dolphin on kde-look.org to copy the path of a file, using Klipper like this:

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qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper setClipboardContents %U

I'd like to be able to do something similar with the plasma clipboard, rather than using Klipper. Is there any way to do this?

There are two user interfaces for the Klipper: The old Klipper and the new Clipboard widget: http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2 ... n-klipper/ .

You could pick the interface.



If you want to use the dbus with the clipboard:
Start the Klipper.
Hide the old or the new interface.

Hi,

Yes that's how I'm working around the issue at the moment. It's not ideal though. I'd rather not start Klipper at all and just use the plasma clipboard.

In the end I decided to use xclip, as I'd seen on some other service menus. It does just what I need.

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echo -n %U | xclip

Seems I don't have Klipper in my sys tray settings?

Is klipper actually running? If not, you can start it from krunner. If you quit it, it should offer an option to autostart next time.

IT's annoying to me that everywhere I look the solution is to go to full blown Klipper. Isn't there an easy command line command to pop something on the clipboard using the Plasma widget (that is much nicer looking and fits the Plasma aesthetic better)? I don't want to have to run full blown Klipper...

use xclip.

It talks to the X clipboard which is what klipper follows.

Edit: Someone else said the same thing much earlier. I'm going to type an edit so I look like less of an idiot who only read the top post.