Klipper is a

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for the

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interface. It allows users of

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running the KDE desktop environment to access a history of X Selections, any item of which can be reselected for pasting. It can also be used to perform an action automatically if certain text is selected (e.g. opening a URL in a browser).

References

External links

The Klipper Handbook
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