Pressing Enter in GUI does not paste, it only set entry in clipboard

[adambir]

Hello,

In the reame : https://github.com/SUPERCILEX/clipboard-history/blob/master/egui/README.md, is written

Press Enter to paste.

I'm using a global shortcut, that launch the GUI as described in the readme.
When selecting an entry and pressing enter, nothing is paste at the cursor. Instead I have to press Ctrl-V (or right click -> Paste).
Is the readme wrong, is it a bug, or am I using the application wrong ?

Version : 0.8.1
OS : Ubuntu 24.04 LTS using Wayland

Thank you for reading this.

[SUPERCILEX]

Ah it probably doesn't work on Wayland. I actually just got a laptop with Wayland on it last month, so I'm actively working on getting a native Wayland watcher: #10

Though are you using gnome? Cuz you're probably hosed then as it doesn't support the right interface: YaLTeR/wl-clipboard-rs#8 (comment)

To see if the Wayland watcher I'm working on will be supported for you, you can try installing and running this cargo package with the example from the README: https://github.com/SUPERCILEX/clipboard-history/tree/master/wayland-interface-check

Finally, we can try tweaking this value to see if maybe it's just a timing issue:

clipboard-history/x11/src/main.rs

Line 714 in 89fc0b6

tv_nsec: Duration::from_millis(20).as_nanos().try_into().unwrap(),

But let me know if Wayland will be supported for you first.

[adambir]

Though are you using gnome?

I am using gnome indeed.

But let me know if Wayland will be supported for you first.

$ wayland-interface-check zwlr_data_control_manager_v1
$ echo $?
1

Not available it seems.

[SUPERCILEX]

L

Well ok let's try tweaking the timeout and if that doesn't work then unfortunately it's probably just not supported. Steps:

1. systemctl --user stop ringboard-x11
2. Clone this repo
3. Edit the timeout to be like 1000ms
4. cargo install --path x11 from the root of the project
5. ringboard-x11
6. Try pasting something and waiting for a second to see if stuff gets pasted. If nothing happens, check that Shift+Insert works to paste manually.

[adambir]

Hey,

I followed the instructions.
Nothing gets pasted with Enter from clipboard history. Shift+Insert does paste manually.

Edit :
Actually, after systemctl --user stop ringboard-x11, my shortcut still opens up ringboard, so I'm not sure what is expected from me at step 5 and 6

[SUPERCILEX]

Bummer, I think it's probably just not going to work. Though could you run $ RUST_LOG=trace ringboard-x11 and share the logs after trying to paste? Maybe something weird is going on.

Edit to reply to your edit.
The client applications are specifically designed to run without needing to connect to any server (they just need the database files), so this is normal. If pasting doesn't display an error in the UI when no ringboard-x11 is running, then yeah something is wrong.