clipman(1)

NAME
clipman

SYNOPSIS

clipman [<flags>] <command> [<args> ...]

DESCRIPTION
A clipboard manager for Wayland

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).

--histpath="~/.local/share/clipman.json"
    Path of history file

-v, --version
    Show application version.

COMMANDS

  help [<command>...]

Show help.

  store [<flags>]

Record clipboard events (run as argument to `wl-paste --watch`)

--max-items=15
    history size

-P, --no-persist
    Don't persist a copy buffer after a program exits

  pick [<flags>]

Pick an item from clipboard history

--max-items=15
    scrollview length

-t, --tool="dmenu"
    Which selector to use: dmenu/bemenu/rofi/wofi/STDOUT

-T, --tool-args=""
    Extra arguments to pass to the --tool

  clear [<flags>]

Remove item/s from history

--max-items=15
    scrollview length

-t, --tool="dmenu"
    Which selector to use: dmenu/bemenu/rofi/wofi/STDOUT

-T, --tool-args=""
    Extra arguments to pass to the --tool

-a, --all
    Remove all items

  restore

Serve the last recorded item from history

USAGE
Run the binary in your Sway session by adding `exec wl-paste -t text --watch clipman store` (or `exec wl-paste -t text --watch clipman store 1>> PATH/TO/LOGFILE 2>&1 &` to log errors) at the beginning of your config. For primary clipboard support, also add `exec wl-paste -p -t text --watch clipman store --histpath="~/.local/share/clipman-primary.json`.

To query the history and select items, run the binary as `clipman pick`. You can assign it to a keybinding: `bindsym $mod+h exec clipman pick`. For primary clipboard support, `clipman pick --histpath="~/.local/share/clipman-primary.json`.

To remove items from history, `clipman clear` and `clipman clear --all`.

To serve the last history item at startup, add `exec clipman restore` to your Sway config.

KNOWN ISSUES
All items stored in history are treated as plain text. This means that, unless you run with the `--no-persist` option, you'll always immediately lose rich content: for example, if you copy formatted text inside Libre Office you'll lose all formatting on paste.