TSE: Linux: CopyToWinClip() | PasteFromWinClip(): xclip

[knud van eeden]

Hello,

When you have a freshly installed WSL and then starting from TSE for Linux version 4.50.14 or higher

and you do *not* have 

 xclip 

installed then 

 CopyToWinClip()

and

 PasteFromWinClip()

will silently fail and do nothing.

One is then wondering what has to be done to resolve this not working.

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According to the current latest read.me it states:

"

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29 Nov 2025 v4.50.14

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System clipboard support added.  Works best if you have xclip or

xsel and your system supports the same.  Might work with wl-copy

and the included sclip.  For instance, sclip works in a real

xterm with Ubuntu, but does not fully work under WSL Ubuntu.

"

I would like to suggest to add a little bit more information:

"

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29 Nov 2025 v4.50.14

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System clipboard support added.  Works best if you have xclip or

xsel and your system supports the same. 

You can install xclip by running WSL and typing the following commands

 sudo apt update

 sudo apt install xclip

Note:

Might work with wl-copy

and the included sclip.  For instance, sclip works in a real

xterm with Ubuntu, but does not fully work under WSL Ubuntu.

"

with friendly greetings

Knud van Eeden