Simplified access to the system clipboard.
(require 'simpleclip) (simpleclip-mode 1) ;; Press super-c to copy without affecting the kill ring. ;; Press super-x or super-v to cut or paste. ;; On OS X, use ⌘-c, ⌘-v, ⌘-x.
By default, Emacs orchestrates a subtle interaction between the internal kill ring and the external system clipboard.
‘simpleclip-mode’
radically simplifies clipboard handling: the system clipboard and the Emacs kill ring are made completely independent, and never influence each other.
‘simpleclip-mode’
also enables support for accessing the system clipboard from a TTY where possible. You will likely need to set up custom keybindings if you want to take advantage of that.
To use simpleclip, place the simpleclip.el library somewhere Emacs can find it, and add the following to your ~/.emacs file:
(require 'simpleclip) (simpleclip-mode 1)
Turning on ‘simpleclip-mode’
activates clipboard-oriented key bindings which are modifiable in customize.
The default bindings override keystrokes which may be bound as alternatives for kill/yank commands on your system. “Traditional” kill/yank keys (control-k, control-y, meta-y) are unaffected.
The default keybindings are
super-c simpleclip-copy super-x simpleclip-cut super-v simpleclip-paste
control-<insert> simpleclip-copy shift-<delete> simpleclip-cut shift-<insert> simpleclip-paste
The “super” keybindings are friendly for OS X. The “insert”/“delete” keybindings are better suited for Unix and MS Windows.
‘x-select-enable-primary’
is not affected by ‘simpleclip-mode’
.
Access to the system clipboard from a TTY is provided for those cases where a literal paste is needed – for example, where autopair interferes with pasted input which is interpreted as keystrokes. If you are already happy with the copy/paste provided by your terminal emulator, then you don’t need to set up simpleclip’s TTY support.
The following functions may be useful to call from Lisp:
simpleclip-get-contents simpleclip-set-contents
GNU Emacs version 24.3-devel : yes, at the time of writing GNU Emacs version 24.1 & 24.2 : yes GNU Emacs version 23.3 : yes GNU Emacs version 22.3 and lower : no
No external dependencies except the ‘xsel’
command may be required in some X11 environments.
Tested on OS X, X11, and MS Windows
Simpleclip is available at github:
and via EmacsWiki: