prism-clipboard

A clipboard history manager for Prism. It provides a visual interface to browse, search, and restore previously copied text and images. It leverages 07 Cliphist for storage and 08 Rofi for the selection UI.

How it works

1. History Retrieval: The script invokes cliphist list to fetch the stored clipboard history.
2. User Selection: This list is piped into rofi -dmenu, presenting a searchable menu to the user.
3. Restoration:
   • Once an item is selected, it is passed to cliphist decode to retrieve the original data (text or image).
   • The decoded data is then piped to wl-copy, placing it back into the active Wayland clipboard, ready to be pasted.
   • A system notification confirms the action.
4. Wipe Functionality: If run with the --wipe flag, it clears the entire clipboard database and sends a notification.

Dependencies

• rofi: The menu interface for selecting history items.
• cliphist: The background daemon that tracks clipboard changes.
• wl-clipboard: Provides wl-copy to interact with the Wayland clipboard.
• libnotify: Sends desktop notifications (e.g., "Copied to clipboard").

Usage

To open the clipboard history menu:

prism-clipboard

To clear the clipboard history:

prism-clipboard --wipe