Make Klipper Work FOR you
"Klipper is the KDE clipboard utility. It stores clipboard history, and allows you to link clipboard contents to application actions." That's the common explanation you get from most people and online manuals when seeking information about Klipper. But what else can Klipper do? Is that ALL it does? Can we empower it to be what cut and past is in Windows? (ducks the possible flames) Perhaps. Grab a pen and paper Klip...let's see what this thing can do. Please note that this article is written with the assumption that you are using KDE 3.4 or higher.
That icon is Klipper, your clipboard tool. A clipboard is just what it sounds like...a place where you can clip text to be used at a later date. I wanted to take a look at where Klipper came from...so I went into the 'about Klipper' menu and emailed a couple of developers. A few actually responded quelling the myth that developers are unreachable by the general public. Carsten Pfeiffer, a previous developer, responded about the history of Klipper:
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