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#69 Searchable, Readline based history
The last entry in your homepage is more than two years old:
http://parcellite.sourceforge.net/
Is this project still alive?
My background: I search a clipboard manager which is searchable like ctrl-r in bash or other readline based applications.
Related question (up to now I use diodon): https://answers.launchpad.net/diodon/+question/403507
I don't do a good job of keeping up with that. There are no pressing bugs, and I use parcellite daily, so I don't see a lot of traffic on either bugs or anything else.
I'm not sure what you are looking for, but parcellite does do search-as-you-type. There are also interfaces to it via fifos to run custom commands. It's unclear to me what you are asking. I'm also going to move this to a feature request.
Ticket moved from /p/parcellite/bugs/149/
My question was if this project is still alive. And you answered it: yes, it is.
Searching the history with i-search (like ctrl-r in bash) did not work for me. .... Yes, now it works. You need to enable the "Search as you Type" checkbox in the settings. Is there a reason why this is disabled by default?
If I use "search as you type" you can get to the matching entry very fast. That's nice. But after reaching the matching entry. How to proceed? ENTER seems not to be enough to enter the text in the current cursor position. I found that you needed to hit ctrl-v to actually enter the matching entry of the list.
Is this the desired behaviour?
When I took over development of Parcellite, I added many new features. Since there were a lot of users, I didn't want the defaults to be different from what they were used to. Search as you type was one of those I added, but disabled it by default.
To use the search function, type until the entry is matched, then press enter. This makes it the 'current clipboard entry'. You then Ctrl-v or middle-click to paste as normal.
As a clipboard application, I can't offer different behaviour under X. The clipboard does not paste...applications do.
There are lots of people that want the clipboard to paste things for them, so it may not be desired, but it is what is possible. Hope that answers your questions.
thank you for your answer.
Yes, a clip board manager manages the clipboard.
Pasting gets done by the application.
Up to now I use didon. It pastes the content after selecting it.
It seems to be possible somehow. I have no clue what the programming details look like, but it looks doable.
The autocomplete feature sounds great! I love autocomplete, since it increases the speed of getting things done.
I just had a look at the didon code, and it issues a Ctrl-V equivalent to the system.
It is something Parcellite can do now, I think. Check auto-paste in preferences. You will need xdotool to use i.