[clipboard v3.0] Disable warning window xdotool

[Base-115]

Package source

Ubuntu repository

App report

Albert version: 0.23.0
           Build date: Mar  4 2024 13:27:29
           Qt version: 6.6.2
            Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-lp64
   Build architecture: x86_64
     CPU architecture: x86_64
          Kernel type: linux
       Kernel version: 6.5.0-25-generic
                   OS: KDE neon 6.0
              OS type: neon
           OS version: 22.04
        Platform name: xcb
           Style name: breeze
     Available styles: Breeze, Windows, Fusion
           Icon theme: breeze-dark
                 Font: Noto Sans,10,-1,0,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
             Language: English
               Locale: en_US
      Binary location: /usr/bin/albert
          Working dir: /home/matheus
            Arguments: /usr/bin/albert
                $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
$QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME: 
                $PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
               $SHELL: /bin/bash
    $XDG_SESSION_TYPE: wayland
 $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP: KDE
     $DESKTOP_SESSION: plasma
 $XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP: KDE

Current Behavior

Hi,

I switched to KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland) some days ago and when I use the clipboard feature, actually, when I choose the options and hit "Enter", a warning window spawn tell it "Paste failed. xdotool installed?".

Since I'm in Wayland, xdotool doesn't work properly, as far I know, so... Are there some way to disable this message always when I choose an option in clipboard plugin?

Sorry if it stupid question... 😅

Thank you in advance. ❤️

Expected Behavior

When I choose a option "clipboard" and hit "Enter", the warning window about xdotool doesn't spawn.

Since, it already copy to the "clipboard", ready to paste, the only annoying thing is the warning window.

Anything else?

No response

[ManuelSchneid3r]

Right. The action should not appear if pasting is not supported. On my list

[Base-115]

Alright, thank you so much Manuel. ❤️

I forget to mention that this behavior also happens with other plugins, like the "Translator".

[ManuelSchneid3r]

BTW xdotool does work on wayland for XWayland windows.

[Base-115]

Thank you for the tip, I'll check it out.

[rbjorklin]

Would it be possible to make the clipboard command configurable? I'm using Gpaste and if I could configure Albert to use gpaste-client instead of xdotool that would probably do the trick for me.

[ManuelSchneid3r]

Does it do anything better than xdotool? I mean xdotool is okay-ish. The feature is experimental anyway (nifty though). Unfortunately there is no generic paste solution iirc. Wayland breaks things ofc. But xdotool gets the job done right?

[rbjorklin]

I'm actually entirely unfamiliar with xdotool and after looking at the man page I see they fill two entirely different purposes. What I want is actually a way to configure how things are added/referenced/removed to/from the paste buffer.

[ManuelSchneid3r]

Then this is offtopic here clipboard is managed by the QClipboard class in c++. I don't get it. What exactly do you want to achieve?

[fdmarcin]

As a datapoint, I'm on Fedora GNOME/x11. I get this warning since updating from 0.22.14 to 0.23 but the snippet is still copied to my clipboard, and I don't have xdotool installed.

[ManuelSchneid3r]

Did you check the actual action you fire? the first one is Copy&Paste the second is only copy.

[fdmarcin]

Did you check the actual action you fire? the first one is Copy&Paste the second is only copy.

@ManuelSchneid3r If you mean me, I search for the snippet and press Enter. Not sure how to trigger another action.
Previously this only copied the snipped into the clipboard and does this now too. The error message says Paste failed anyway.

[ManuelSchneid3r]

can i have a screenie? i cant remember that I have changed this.

[fdmarcin]

Here's how it looks for me:

Config:

[ManuelSchneid3r]

and when you hold alt?

[fdmarcin]

and when you hold alt?

@ManuelSchneid3r Then they do appear! 🎉 Like I said, I didn't know about this 😅 This makes editing snippets so much easier.

Anyway, I've installed xdotool now and snippets are pasted correctly.