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Can't remove formatting in Notepad, PureText not working for YouTube
If I go to a YouTube link, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jfm-92JXVE and I want to copy some comments to notepad, I find some text is still smaller than other text.
If I select it all and do ...
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PuTTY pastes the terminal selection rather than the clipboard
PuTTY/KiTTY/etc. have an option to bring up a right-click menu with a Paste option in it, rather than instantly pasting.
The problem with this is that if there is a selection in the terminal then ...
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How to better copy&paste big files over RDP?
Recently I was making a few attempts to copy&paste a big (1.2 GB) file to remote computer over RDP. The remote computer is virtual testing machine with MS Windows Server 2008 Datacenter.
First ...
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Why does Windows sometimes “copy to clipboard” when I press the delete key? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent shift-delete from cutting in Windows?
I'm a programmer so I spend a lot of time in a text editor. For whatever reason about 25% of the time when I ...
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Looking for OS X Clipboard manager that supports pop-and-paste [closed]
I used ClipX on Windows for a long time. My favorite feature was the ctrl-shift-v to paste and then cycle to the next item, so I could continue ctrl-shift-v on the next item, and the next...
I've ...
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Automatically copy image into Power Point on Mac
I'd like to automatically copy an image (that is saved from MATLAB) into a Power Point presentation. Ideally I'd like to copy an image onto the clipboard, and then be able to paste it into Power ...
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Make emacs explicitly copy to/from the X11 selection and clipboard buffers?
In vim you can explicitly copy/paste to/from the X11 selection buffer and clipboard buffer by using "*y and "+y, respectively.
My emacs is (apparently -- it's not intentional on my part) set up to ...
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How do I prevent Word from applying disabled formatting to pasted plain text?
I've got some plain text (from Notepad) copied to the clipboard. I enable italics, and then paste the text into a Word document with Ctrl+V. The plain text shows up in Word italicized, which is what I ...
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Clipboard cannot copy HTML only copies plain text
Whenever I copy text from a web browser and go to paste it in either Microsoft Word 2000 or OpenOffice Document's I get the HTML as plain text and not as formatted HTML. I looks all my hyperlinks, my ...
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How to output batch command to null
@echo off
mode con:cols=40 lines=2
echo BJNNAHQT4YRV57GITREWQ88|clip
cls
echo Wireless Password copied to clipboard.
timeout 2 > NULL
How do I make timeout not print any text?
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is it possible to monitor and log “read from Windows clipboard” events?
processes like Notepad or browser have legit reasons for accessing clipboard in short bursts, typically associated with keyboard and mouse activity. The vast majority of processes have no business ...
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script to create windows 7 new sticky note
I wrote a program that will take text on my clipboard and write it to a temp file and then open that temp file in notepad. The program is called paste.exe and I put it in my path, so I could just ...
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Alienware computer running Windows 7 not maintaining formatting when copying HTML to clipboard
My wife's computer (Alienware Area 51 desktop running Windows 7) will not save the HTML formatting when she copies text from a web page. The text is fine, but links and formatting get stripped out. I ...
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How can I copy Growl output to the clipboard?
Is there any way I can copy Growl notifications to the clipboard, or store them to a file?
If I get a notification I'd like to be able to do something like right click it and choose "copy to ...
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How can I copy the output from a remote command into the local clipboard?
I use iTerm2 as my terminal client in Mac OS X. On the local system I can use pbcopy and pbpaste to transfer data between the system clipboard and the terminal, but of course this doesn't work when ...
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Open clipboard data using some hotkey
Is there some tool that enables to use some hotkey that will open the file system/url with the path saved in my clipboard?
I mean if I have c:\victor\longpath\something\something in my clipboard, I ...
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Copy terminal output to Mac clipboard?
I need to directly copy the terminal stdout to the clipboard on Mac. How would I do this?
Example:
echo sometext | copy_to_clipboard
or
echo sometext > /private/clipboard.txt
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create a simple program to go through a buffered clipboard in osx [closed]
I'd like to write a program in osx to solve a very specific clipboard-centric task, both to save me work but as a programming exercise as well, so I'm not looking for a specific solution - more like ...
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How do I use the diff viewer to compare current selection with clipboard with Pycharm?
Compare current selection with the clipboard
In addition to comparing two files, you are also able to call the Diff window for comparing the current selection in the Editor with the most ...
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How can I stop JavaScript from modifying the clipboard?
More and more I find that when I copy text from a news site, the site adds in its own advertising/footnote link to my clipboard, so that when I paste, I get "[Text I copied] FOR MORE, GO READ AT ...
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Ditto (Clipboard manager) troubleshooting in windows7
Is there a way to make ditto paste text instantly on enter click after selection on Windows7? (Also see here)
My flow is :
Bring ditto by clicking CTRL+'
Select desired text.
Click ENTER.
Now I ...
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How do you auto-type the contents of the clipboard from the host into a guest Virtual Box instance?
In the case where clipboard sharing is not possible, because there is just a console and no GUI.
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Prevent Word from Including Bullet Letter when Copying Text
I'm copying quite a bit of text from Word into a text-based application, line by line. The word text is structured like this:
Topic
a. Item A
b. Item B
When I highlight Item A, ...
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Centos pipe to pbcopy
Is it possible to do something like
cat index.html | pbcopy
while tunneled into a server from OSX ?
I tried What's like OSX's pbcopy for Linux this but all I got was ≈
Can't open ...
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Fastest method to determine my PC's IP address (Windows)
This may seem trivial but I'm looking for the quickest method to determine my PC's IP address within my network.
This changes regularly as I connect from one network to the next via DHCP
The ...
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How can I change the *type* of the Windows clipboard contents without changing the clipboard data?
I have a program in which I managed to copy content as PDF to the clipboard using some undocumented functionality. Unfortunately this data is note pasteable even to programs that accept PDF. I ...
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How to access raw clipboard data on Windows?
How can I access the clipboard contents when it is in an unusual format that most programs won't accept (i.e. not easily pasteable)?
I have copied something from a program, supposedly in PDF format, ...
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Linux equivalent of clip.exe
I am trying to figure out how to copy the contents of a file to and from the clipboard in Linux (Ubuntu Server 11.10, bash). Is there a linux equvalent of the Windows command clip < filename? If ...
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Copy/Paste (Clipboard like) functionality from a VNC desktop
I use TightVNC, RealVNC to access the Remote Linux(CentOS,Ubuntu) desktops by running a vncserver on the remote machine. When I connect to those servers from my Windows host:
Can I use the ...
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Why does the text `fi` get cut when I copy from a PDF or print a document?
When I copy from an Adobe Reader PDF file that contains
Define an operation
I rather see
Dene an operation
when I paste the text, why is this?
How can I remedy this annoying problem?
I've also ...
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What are some popular clipboard managers for OS X? [closed]
I'm looking for a better clipboard manager for OS X. I have tried Clyppan and ClipMenu and Jumpcut, and have also tried using Quicksilver's built in clipboard manager. I have not been too happy with ...
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How to copy picture from a file to clipboard
How do I copy a picture from a file to the clipboard?
I can just select the file and press ctrl-c. But that wouldn't copy it to clipboard. It'll just be marking it if I want to copy the file ...
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Manipulate system clipboard via bash script
Is it possible to have a bash script put some text in the system clipboard?
(I use Ubuntu with default Gnome and Bash.)
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Is there any tool to go through the contents of clipboard?
I want to go through its contents of the clipboard, in hex mode if necessary, depending on the content.
Is there any tool for this purpose?
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Software for robotic-like job
What's the software that can help on my boring repetitive job?
My daily job involve lots of data entry, copy paste, using internal system to search/input/add and look for data. AFAIK there's some ...
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Pasting from OS X clipboard manager into emacs
I love emacs. I love having my clipboard history. I've used Jumpcut for a long time and recently purchased the powerpack for Alfred and tried its clipboard manager.
I have the same problem with both ...
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Debian based OS: Show system notification on clipboard copy/paste events
When working with Linux (Debian based), I often experience problems in relation to the copy paste commands: I copy something with Ctrl+C or by selecting it with the mouse, but when I try to paste it ...
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How can I copy a file's path to the clipboard from Windows 7's Explorer? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Copy filename to clipboard
I vaguely remember some kind of "Send To" context menu option that accomplished this. Cannot recall which version of Windows.
Right now, the ...
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Is there a way to use the X-Window select - middle-click-to-paste behaviour on windows?
On Linux, the last text selected can be pasted via a middle click, making copy-pasting faster for one thing, and additionally providing a second clipboard. Is there a way to add this feature to ...
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Pasting into Vista console windows broke, why?
I use Windows Vista x64 and regularly use command line windows, for instance CMD.EXE. I have enabled QuickEdit Mode (and Insert Mode and AutoComplete), to be able to quickly copy and paste text from ...
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Sync clipboard over multiple X sessions
I want to sync my clipboard across multiple simultaneous X sessions on the same computer, but it would also be nice to do the same over the network. I run the sessions via gdmflexsiserver script which ...
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Scheduled Task for the Print Screen Key
Is there any way to setup a scheduled task to "press" the print screen key every 10 minutes? I want to copy the entire screen to the clipboard every 10 minutes. I cannot find much documentation on ...
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How do I create a hotkey that will copy highlighted text into an editor?
How do I create a shortcut key that will copy highlighted text into a new text editor instance?
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How can I copy binary data in Windows (preferably with Notepad++)?
I want to duplicate some binary data (not in code, but by hand). The normal Ctrl+C doesn't work in my editor (Notepad++), it copies data only up to the first NUL char. Is there any workaround?
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Software like xclip that comes standard on just about all Linux Distros with X?
I have an application that needs to access the clipboard on *nix OSs but I do not have access to the x event loop because of how it works. Therefore I need to send a command to another application to ...
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Prevent MacVim copying every visual selection to clipboard
Every time the visual selection changes in MacVim, it is copied to the system clipboard. Is this normal and can it be disabled?
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What utility can I use to extract data from a 3rd party app UI controls?
In 2003 I found a little utility which allowed me to select a control (like a listview) on any application, and it would copy it's contents into the clipboard. For example, you could select the list ...
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Is there a clipboard manager that can paste neglecting the format?
I know there are bunch of clipboard managers. But I am looking for a feature in them. I want to paste (by using a different shortcut) without the formats. Because when I want to get rid of the format ...
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Vim on Ubuntu Server from OSX Terminal: automatic copy does not work
The Story
I'm using vim on a Ubuntu server to develop a webpage. Most of the time I work from a Windows machine using putty. Whenever I have to copy something from vim to the Windows clipboard I just ...
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command line method to paste file into Thunderbird compose window?
I'm trying to paste a 3K file into Thunderbird's "Write" window (i.e. for composing new messages).
This (sometimes) works:
date | xclip
# then use middle button to paste
This doesn't work:
cat ...
