Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device and your PC

Re:Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:49AM (#9068205)

Nice idea; however I'd be very surprised if there isn't already an implementation of this idea? It's kinda a streamlined Evernote (the way I use it) using the clipboard.

Klipper (KDE's clipboard for ctrl+C content) has a useful "make barcode" feature that allows you to highlight any text, which then is copied automatically to the clipboard, and turn it in to a QR code (I've got it on alt-V). Then the barcode reader on my phone can read the code and show the text; then I can copy-paste it on the phone. Clunky but working and using tools I've already got, no web involved (but the barcode app writer could be stealing the clips just as easily as the app writer in the OP).

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Re:Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device... by XorNot on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @11:41AM (#9069399)

I recently hacked a similar plugin for Cinnamon it could both read and write text via QR code to and from the clipboard. Sin e most desktops/laptops have webcams it works really well.

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