Looking for clipboard utility
Chris
one I really like. This group is always full of good advice so... I
want something that can hold multiple clippings and is convenient to
use with only keystrokes.
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Chris
Steve Holden
Eugene Liedel
lie...@gmail.com
http:\\deepthoughts.liedel.org
ricochet
It's freeware, but exceptionally easy. Hit Control-C to copy, and then
Control-Alt-V to pop up a history of everything you've recently copied.
Just excellent.
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Doug H
Links to it and others can be found on a wikipedia article on
clipboard managers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipboard_manager
planetthoughtful
Steve Holden wrote:
> I use Clip Mate on Windows. Works great and it also can do screen
> captures which I use a lot. Very keystroke friendly in my opinion.
>
A huge second on ClipMate. It's not free, but if there's a clipboard
manager out there with as many features I haven't found it, and I've
looked hard.
About my only complaint about ClipMate is that on machines with low
RAM, it can be slow to respond, but again, the features make putting up
with that an easy decision to make.
All the best,
pt
Chris
big can of worms). I decided to use Ditto, but I posted a brief
overview of all the noteworthy ones I tried over at my blog:
http://gettingcrapdone.com/2006/11/09/nightmares-of-clippy/
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Chris
halocc
i also recommend CLCL. more on
http://www.nakka.com/soft/clcl/index_eng.html.
Doug H
> overview of all the noteworthy ones I tried over at my blog:
> http://gettingcrapdone.com/2006/11/09/nightmares-of-clippy/
Link doesn't work -- still a draft? redacted?
Chris
Thanks for the heads up. It's viewable now. I was using a new offline editor to write it and it posted it as a draft, but I saw it since I was logged into my blog.
Bill Bennett
tonyxx
use, and works on a network too.
Doug H
> Why would you want a clipboard utility? How does it help productivity?
>
Simply put -- it reduces the number of times you need to switch between
windows to copy/paste multiple phrases. It also reduces (to 1) the
number of times you need to copy something which you will paste over
and over.
An example scenario I added to the 43folder wiki
(http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Category:Clipboard_Utilities):
To create a blop post:
* I'm looking at an article I want to post about.
* I copy the page URL.
* I copy two or three different chunks of text.
* I switch to my text editor (or blogging web interface)
* I use ArsClip to paste the different copied text into my blog
post.
Without using a clipboard utility, I would need to switch between
windows multiple times to select and copy each chunk and then revert to
the posting window to paste.
Chris
Bill Bennett wrote:
> Why would you want a clipboard utility? How does it help productivity?
>
Simply put -- it reduces the number of times you need to switch between
windows to copy/paste multiple phrases. It also reduces (to 1) the
number of times you need to copy something which you will paste over
and over...
Yea, what he said... I also do a lot of copying an email into the notes of a to-do item then copy some short bit of the email that summarizes the task as the subject of the to-do item.
I've been using Ditto for a couple weeks now, but I keep forgetting I have it so it hasn't helped speed me up as much as I'd like yet.
Eric Beavers
Bill Bennett
Eric Beavers
Doug H
> Yes, it sounded like I was being flippant but I figured a clipboard utility
> might be one of those things that LOOKS more useful than it actually is.
>
No, you didn't sound flippant.
I can see how you might not remember that it's there when you're first
using it -- however... I think it's one of those things that once you
have integrated it into your work flow, you'll wonder how you've lived
without it. When I use somebody else's computer for doing more than
just trivial surfing, I quickly find that I'm hitting the clipboard
shortcut to bring up the clipboard history.
Eugene Liedel
and pasting it in another. ditto absolutely helps in my work.
http:\\deepthoughts.liedel.org
rickla
is extremely useful and that it's worth making an effort to integrate
it into one's workflow. I too found when I was using Jumpcut (OS X)
that I didn't use it as much as I could have, but now I've switched to
PTHPasteboard I'm using it all the time.
I reckon we've compared Windows utilities enough to justify a switch to
Mac. My impression is that PTHPasteboard and iClip are our two leaders.
Anyone disagree or think one of these is clearly better than the other?
Eugene Liedel
I'm using synergy to share a mouse and keyboard across my windows and linix boxes.
http:\\deepthoughts.liedel.org