clip share command

for clipboard sharing between local and remote environment

how to use

1. install at local environment
2. clip-share.sh <host name at ssh config>

• local host: windows(MSYS,WSL), Mac OS X, Ubuntu
• remote host: Mac OS X, Ubuntu

Threre is no need to install any tools without Mac OS X environment. (Mac OS X require nkf tool, )

environment variable

• CLIPSHARE_SSH_RETRY_INTERVAL: default value is 3[sec]
• CLIPSHARE_DROP_WINDOWS_CR: default value is 1(enable)

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant local
    participant remote

    loop monitoring clipboard with ssh
        opt if local local clipboard has changed
            local->>remote: send clipboard via ssh tunnel
            Note right of remote: base64 format
            remote ->> remote: update clipboard
        end
        opt if remote clipboard has changed
            remote ->> local: send clipboard via ssh tunnel
            Note left of local: base64 format
            local ->> local: update clipboard
        end

        Note left of local: break by ctrl-c
    end

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FYI

wait loop (local) <-- ssh pipe --> pipe wait loop (remote) | clipboard wait loop (remote) <-- ssh pipe --> pipe loop (local)

ubuntu clipboard bug

• Clipboard error : Target STRING not available when running · Issue #2642 · neovim/neovim · GitHub
• Error : target STRING not available · Issue #38 · astrand/xclip · GitHub
• ClipboardPersistence - Ubuntu Wiki

FMI

• ssh - Run local script with local input file on remote host - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

assuming both your ssh client passes the LC_* variable (SendEnv in ssh_config) and the sshd server accepts them (AcceptEnv in sshd_config))

• Copy to different user clipboard -Xorg linux - Stack Overflow