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panel-plugins:xfce4-clipman-plugin:start [2023/07/02 08:47] – Update Latest Release section kevinbowenpanel-plugins:xfce4-clipman-plugin:start [2023/07/31 16:06] – [Anatomy of a Clipboard] Update gael
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 In X11 (all Unix platforms) there are by default two clipboards to exchange any data between the windows. A default clipboard which is modified by manual copies (for instance when you select a file and press the copy button), and there is a primary clipboard which is modified by selections (for instance when you select text in a field). In X11 (all Unix platforms) there are by default two clipboards to exchange any data between the windows. A default clipboard which is modified by manual copies (for instance when you select a file and press the copy button), and there is a primary clipboard which is modified by selections (for instance when you select text in a field).
  
-//**Clipman**// handles only the default clipboard, but optionally it can also notice the selections. When it is handling the selections, the default clipboard will always be synced with it and contain the same data. By this meaning you can paste with the keyboard what you select on screen.+//**Clipman**// manages both clipboards, either separately or synchronously, and may or may not add selections to its history.
  
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