From madduck at madduck.net  Wed Apr 23 17:21:55 2025
From: madduck at madduck.net (martin f. krafft)
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:21:55 -0000
Subject: xclip -loops for pass
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Folks,

I just had a bit of fun with `pass`, and one of the things I did was 
try to come up with a wrapper that would put the username on the 
clipboard until it was pasted, and then the password, until it was 
pasted. I used `xclip -loops 1` for that.

And this made me realise: `pass` uses `xclip` internally, right? Why 
the 45 second wait and overwrite? `xclip -loops 1` makes the 
password available once exactly, and after a paste, the clipboard is 
empty.

What's more: wouldn't this be cool functionality? `pass both 
example.org/uid` and I get the username for one paste, and then the 
password for one paste?

Looking forward to your thoughts?

Best,

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