Glipper is a clipboardmanager for GNOME. Glipper can also be made to work with other desktop environments and window managers.
Glipper sits in the notification area and collects everything that is copied to the clipboard. Glipper maintains a history both of the "copy" clipboard, usually filled with Ctrl+C and of the "select" clipboard, filled when text is selected.
Glipper lets you choose an entry from the history to fill the current clipboards.
The webpage for Glipper can be found at the Glipper project page.
To start glipper, select Glipper from the Accessories submenu of the Places menu.You may also start glipper by typing glipper in a terminal.
Under GNOME, you may want to add glipper to your list of startup programs. You may do this from the sessions preference tool. To access the the sessions preference tool choose System → Preferences → Sessions. Use the Startup Programs tab to add glipper.
Under X, the windowing system for which glipper is designed, there are two separate clipboards.
The "copy" clipboard is filled when you use the copy function of an application. Usually the copy function is used by selecting text and pressing Ctrl+C, or with a Copy button. Use the paste function of an application to paste the contents of the "copy" clipboard. The paste function is usually used by pressing Ctrl+V, or with a Paste button.
The "select" clipboard is filled when you select text in any application. As soon as you select any text, it is put in the "select" clipboard. To paste text from the "select" clipboard, simply press the middle mouse button.
By default, the contents of the "copy" clipboard are marked as bold in the main menu. The contents of the "select" clipboard are shown at the top of the list.
Glipper lets you replace the current contents of the clipboards with an element from the clipboard history. To use an element previously copied to the clipboard as the current contents of the clipboards :
Both the contents of the "copy" and of the "select" clipboards are replaced when you choose an element from the clipboard history. The new item can be pasted both with the paste function of your application and with the middle mouse button.
Use the Preferences dialog to customize Glipper to suit your requirements and preferences.
To display the Preferences dialog, right click on the Glipper icon in the notification area and choose Preferences.
Amount of entries in history: Use this spin box to specify how many clipboard entrys should be saved and shown in the main menu.
Length of one history entry: Use this spin box to specify how wide the history list should be.
Select - Mark/middle mouse button: Select this option to maintain a history of the "select" clipboard.
Copy - Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V: Select this option to maintain a history of the "copy" clipboard.
Tag Ctrl+C clipboard's content in history (bold:) Select this option to have glipper mark the contents of the "copy" clipboard.
Save history: Select this option to save the contents of the clipboards. If you select this, you will keep the history of clipboards from your last session.
Key combination for popup: Enter a key combination to change the main menu keyboard shortcut.
Administrators who wish to have glipper automaticaly start for each user may want to investigate the /etc/skel end /etc/profiles directories. If glipper is installed as an applet under GNOME, there is no need to execute it, be it automatically or otherwise.
(c) 2006 Glipper Team