asked 2014-01-19 19:42:04 +0200
Is there any way to access the clipboard through the command line? It would be quite useful as one could retrieve/edit it for example through SSH.
I couldn't find any xclip alternative on Wayland and I'm not even sure if Jolla uses any standard clipboard management.
PS: Before someone decides to close this question as a duplicate of 'Fingerterm cannot access system clipboard': read the whole text :)
answered 2014-04-21 03:39:10 +0200
There's an awkward workaround, involving sqlite and the notes app. It goes like this (substitute your own hash for the sqlite file, there only seems to be one in that directory, but probably different on each device):
$ ssh jolla
$ sqlite3 .local/share/jolla-notes/QML/OfflineStorage/Databases/8b63c31a7656301b3f7bcbbfef8a2b6f.sqlite
sqlite> insert into notes (body) values ("blabla");
sqlite> .quit
then open the notes app, you should see a new note with "blabla" in it -- open it, select the text, copy to clipboard...
uh oh!
$ xdg-open http://blablablabla
Your web browser is now open, select your text in the URL, copy to clipboard...
uh oh!
But that's not the point, xclip is really usefull with command line, all we need is the possibility to read/create clipboard content from command line.
Bnurb ( 2014-04-21 12:45:42 +0200 )editIt might be a good idea to use a statement like:
INSERT INTO notes (pagenr, body) SELECT MAX(pagenr)+1, "blabla" FROM notes;
Otherwise the notes app will get confused and unable to differentiate between any entries created in this way, and possible cause unintentional data loss if trying to edit or remove any of them.
sampi ( 2019-03-04 13:23:18 +0200 )editanswered 2018-03-20 22:11:18 +0200
There is the (sadly unmaintained, but still working) pbcopy in Openrepos.
Also, it seems to only support setting the clipboard from the command line, not reading it.
answered 2014-11-22 15:02:30 +0200
I'm looking for an answer too, but I can offer a clue to a possible answer. On the Nokia N9, there wasn't xclip, but I could access the clipboard through Python and PySide, and the code looks like:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from PySide.QtGui import QApplication
import sys
QApplication(sys.argv)
clipboard = QApplication.clipboard()
print clipboard.text()
There isn't any information about PySide for Sailfish. The only choices are pyotherside and pyqt which I have little/no experience with. pyotherside sounds like it needs to launch a GUI and trying to install pyqt spits out:
[root@Jolla nemo]# pkcon install pyqt
Fatal error: nothing provides libQt5MultimediaWidgets.so.5 needed by python-pyqt-5.1.1-1.armv7hl
So If anyone can get that script working on Jolla, then you may got the answer.
I force installed pyqt ignoring that error and I run the following script:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
import sys
app=QApplication(sys.argv) # Maybe a blank list will do instead of argv?
clipboard = QApplication.clipboard()
#clipboard.setText('coppyy')
print clipboard.text()
Not working. Maybe it is related to https://together.jolla.com/question/832/system-wide-clipboard-copy-paste-capability/
Robin ( 2014-11-22 16:08:06 +0200 )editI don't think it is related. PyQt seems like a bit of an overkill... I had in mind a direct access from the command line, but if we are talking access through Qt, then this looks like the most likely solution. I am still a C++ beginner, though.
nodevel ( 2014-11-23 23:29:00 +0200 )editanswered 2018-11-22 23:51:04 +0200
You could try using bugaevc's wl-clipboard copy/paste utilities. I don't have a sailfish-system to test on, though.
Asked: 2014-01-19 19:42:04 +0200
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Last updated: Nov 22 '18
I don't think you can.. but it seems rather easy to make an app for it.. No hate, just saying.
attah ( 2014-01-19 21:49:22 +0200 )editIs the clipboard still inaccessible from the command line?
kat6 ( 2016-08-28 09:07:42 +0200 )edit