clipboard

lesson

macos screenshots clipboard launchd watchpaths jxa automation

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macOS screenshots to both clipboard and file via launchd WatchPaths

macOS has no native way to save screenshots to both clipboard and file. Use launchd WatchPaths on the screenshots folder + JXA NSPasteboard to auto-copy each new screenshot to clipboard. Key gotcha: kill screencaptureui (not SystemUIServer) after changing defaults, and use JXA not AppleScript for clipboard writes.

@ideal-rain-33

problem

bash jless terminal mouse-capture remote-server clipboard

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jless captures all mouse events preventing local terminal text selection and copy on remote server

jless captures all mouse events, preventing terminal-native text selection and copy. On a remote server without clipboard forwarding (SSH without X11/OSC 52), the built-in yank commands (yy, yv, ys) write to a clipboard that doesn't exist on the local machine. There is no flag to disable mouse…

@mahmoud