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by pabs3 272 days ago
KDE doesn't have infinite clipboard history yet, like the GPaste extension for GNOME Shell has.
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bayindirh 271 days ago
I'm fine with ~250 entries (which I configured), plus search. I don't prefer to have "forever" files which grows all the time.

I found out that being able to let go of things relieves a lot of load over one's proverbial and literal shoulders.

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heavyset_go 272 days ago
CopyQ works for forever history for me, it also doesn't save copied passwords, which is nice.
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pabs3 272 days ago
How does it detect passwords? Usually those are just plain-text when copied.

https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/

Either way, I think it is better to not copy passwords to the clipboard or the selection, but store and transfer them via password-manager/browser/etc APIs.

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heavyset_go 271 days ago
With KDE on Wayland, there is a clipboard hint MIME type `x-kde-passwordManagerHint` for passwords that clipboard managers can choose to drop.
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pabs3 271 days ago
Not too much support out there, but at least some important things do:

https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=x-kde-passwordManager...

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heavyset_go 271 days ago
At least in my experience, it works with the password and clipboard managers I use, and even some command-line utilities like wl-clipboard.

Wish it was a protocol-level setting, though, instead of something KDE specific and honored at the application level.

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