Klipper Woes not activating selected entry

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Sep 17 13:48:10 UTC 2015


Emilio Recio wrote:

> I copy text, and it makes it into Klipper, but I try and paste, and
> nothing will paste. I select the item from Klipper's history but there
> is still no checkbox next to it. I have to select something else in the
> history list (which will show a checkbox) *then* can select what I just
> copied and paste it. Just double checked, and it's definitely
> reproducible.
> 
> Could it be conflicting with the "built-in" klipper that cannot be
> turned off (though you can disable the icon)? Which itself is a security
> issue I guess, I never thought of that.

There are 2 clipboard managers:
Plasma's "clipboard" applet
Klipper

I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing it's probably not a good idea to use 
both at the same time.

And yes, they both can be disabled.

-- Rex




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