Comment by yndoendo

3 days ago

I use both because they use to different software registries to store the information. This allows the CTRL+C content to be different than the middle mouse highlight.

I cannot stand the Windows middle mouse user experience and always prefer the middle highlight and paste method.

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formerly_proven  3 days ago

I find having two clipboards at the same time to be super handy and I literally use it all the time. Yes, KDE also has a clipboard manager that allows me to do Meta+V and paste from history, but I use the two clipboards way more frequently and it is easier/faster to, anyway.

(Formally, it makes handwavy sense: Having a clipboard with a history is basically a pushdown automaton, but having two of these in one box is not a PDA any more - it's something categorically more powerful, equivalent to a turing machine iirc).

  • YeGoblynQueenne  2 days ago

    >> I find having two clipboards at the same time to be super handy and I literally use it all the time.

    Wouldn't it be great if we could have multiple named registers that we could paste from and even modify?

    (vim enters the chat)