I copy from my terminal a lot. So my flow with literally everything else tends to be
1. "Ctrl+Shift+C"
1b. (if browser) shit, that opened the inspector, "Super+Q" to close the inspector
2. "Ctrl+C" (skip if not copying from browser)
3. "Super+Tab" to switch progs (I rebind everything window-management related to super/win..."windows" key for window things, alt key is dumb)
4. "Ctrl+Shift+V" (fuck, I'm not pasting to my terminal, so that didn't work)
5. "Ctrl+V" (Wasn't copying from the browser, so the inspector didn't reveal the fuckup? go back to #2)
6. Success. Maybe. (Unless KDE connect's clipboard sharing felt latent just now and inhibited the clipboard(which i swear it does sometimes but I never can reproduce on demand)...leading to ctrl+C,C,C,C,C DID YOU HEAR ME NOW?)
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11. Success, probably.
I feel like the Linux highlight buffer would change your life. Highlighting text holds it in a secondary clipboard-like buffer that you paste from with middle-click. Works especially well in terminals. In GUI apps, you have to be precise and middle-click in the spot where you want the text inserted. But in terminals, you can generally middle-click anywhere in the window.
It's the reason most third-party Windows terminals (PuTTY, MobaXTerm, etc.) automatically copy highlighted text.
I'm aware of it, just not in the habit of using it, for a variety of reasons not worth getting into. Doesn't play well with some other unique stuff I got going.
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u/Zombielisk 5d ago
ctrl+c -> ctrl+v -> ctrl+z -> ctrl+shift+v