Comment by yndoendo
2 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.
You can customise it via Powertoys or some other utilities, though.
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).
>> 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)