Copy to Klipper service menu

This service menu allows to copy in the clipboard, through the Klipper D-Bus service, several details about the selected files.

• Name:
  Copy to Klipper
• Type:
  Service Menu
• License:
  GPL v.3
• Platform:
  Linux, KDE
• Requirements:
  KDE 4 or sup.; Kdialog; Klipper; qdbus; md5sum, sha256sum, sha512sum (only for checksum-related actions)
• First release:
  1.0.0 (August 30, 2021)
• Current release:
  1.3.0 (February 24, 2024)
• Links:

  • Source files

  • Opendesktop

  • Pling

  • KDE Store

Main Features

• Fully-translated in 5 languages besides English (Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish);
• Works from within the Dolphin, Konqueror, Krusader, and KFind-results context menu;
• Supports the copy of distinct filename's parts as full filename, filename only, path only, filename without extension;
• Supports the copy of the file checksum algorithms md5, sha256, sha512;
• Supports the copy of the mime-type and file type;
• Supports the copy of the file size in bytes and human-readable format;
• Supports the copy of the file permissions in octal or human-readable format;
• Supports the copy of the file group, user id, and name;
• Supports the copy of the last access and the last modification time;
• Supports the copy of the file mount point.

Installation

From the Dolphin interface

1. From Dolphin press the keys Ctrl + Shift + , or select the menu item Configure Dolphin;
2. Click on the side tab Services;
3. In the right panel click the Download new services button;
4. Insert the search phrase copy_to_klipper in the textbox at the right side and press the Enter key;
5. Once the data is lodaded click on the Install button.

Using the servicemenuinstaller utility

1. Download the archive copy_to_klipper-1.3.0.tgz from one of the KDE Store/Opendesktop/Pling pages;
2. Install:

   $ servicemenuinstaller install copy_to_klipper-1.3.0.tgz
   

3. Uninstall:

   $ servicemenuinstaller uninstall copy_to_klipper-1.3.0.tgz
   

From the tar archive

1. Extracting the Archive:

   $ tar -xvf copy_to_klipper-1.3.0.tgz 
   

2. Switching to the subfolder:

   $ cd copy_to_klipper
   

3. Install:

   $ make install
   

4. Uninstall:

   $ make uninstall
   

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Changelog

Version 1.3.0 (February 24, 2024)

• Fixed the checksum binary reference in the "copy sha512" action
• Added full translations for the supported languages
• Added the multiple file selection support

Version 1.2.4 (August 29, 2023)

• Fixed the dest folder creation when missing in the installer script
• Fixed the source folder reference in the installer script

Version 1.2.3 (March 5, 2022)

• Added a default install action to the installer script

Version 1.2.2 (January 24, 2022)

• Fixed the qdbus reference for v.5.12 or greather

Version 1.2.1 (January 17, 2022)

• Improved the installer to be more POSIX and Dash compliant

Version 1.2.0 (October 29, 2021)

• Added the German translation, thanks to Termuellinator@Github
• Added the file size copy in human-readable format
• Fixed the size calculus in bytes for directories

Version 1.1.1 (October 28, 2021)

• Fixed the unwanted sorting of the items for certain Dolphin versions

Version 1.1.0 (October 15, 2021)

• Added more entries relative to different details to copy
• Added file checksum (md5, sha256, sha512) copy
• Added mime type and file type copy
• Added the file size copy
• Added the permissions (octal, human-readable) copy
• Added the group (id, name) and the user (id, name) copy
• Added last access and last modification copy
• Added the mount point copy
• Added the Netherland translation, thanks to Heimen Stoffels (Vistaus@Github)

Version 1.0.0 (August 30, 2021)

• First public release.