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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Copy 1 through 10, Paste 1 through 10 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to be able to copy text to a "Copy Box".

In early RTS you could bind units to number keys 1 through 10 by pressing Ctrl + # and then # to recall that selection.

I want to be able to have Multiple Copy & Paste boxes like Copy 1, Copy 2, Paste 3

Is there anything like this on Wayland already?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Inside a particular text file, you can use a modern text editor - (Neo)Vim, Helix, probably others let you to copy/paste via named "registers" (places to store copied stuff). Select something, then "ay to copy into "a", then "bp to paste from "b".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Wow that's so cool, yes this is very similar to what I'm trying to do, copy to a predesignated "register" and then recall it, be it A B C or 1 2 3 ...