Not setting or reading from clipboard #14

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opened 2026-06-21 04:24:14 +00:00 by akinus · 3 comments

akinus commented

2026-06-21 04:24:14 +00:00

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I tried this test:

❯ echo "This is the wrong text" | wl-copy

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❯ akclip set "$(echo "This is the right text")"
Clipboard set successfully

~
❯ This is the wrong text
bash: This: command not found

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❯ akclip get
Error reading clipboard: Failed to get clipboard content: The clipboard contents were not available in the requested format or the clipboard is empty.

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It is not interacting with the clipboard at all. As you can see here, wl-copy works on my particular machine. But the point of this program is to work on any machine, and over tunneled connections like ssh.

I want my clipboard to be populated with text from the terminal as if I was hitting "Ctrl + Shift + C" or "Ctrl + Shift + V" for pasting.

I tried this test: ❯ echo "This is the wrong text" | wl-copy ~ ❯ akclip set "$(echo "This is the right text")" Clipboard set successfully ~ ❯ This is the wrong text bash: This: command not found ~ ❯ akclip get Error reading clipboard: Failed to get clipboard content: The clipboard contents were not available in the requested format or the clipboard is empty. ~ ❯ It is not interacting with the clipboard at all. As you can see here, wl-copy works on my particular machine. But the point of this program is to work on any machine, and over tunneled connections like ssh. I want my clipboard to be populated with text from the terminal as if I was hitting "Ctrl + Shift + C" or "Ctrl + Shift + V" for pasting.

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akinus commented

2026-06-21 04:25:38 +00:00

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🐛 AI bug fix started. Branch: fix/issue-14

🐛 AI bug fix started. Branch: `fix/issue-14`

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2026-06-21 04:25:40 +00:00