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Posted by Marbux
Jul 21, 2016 at 10:39 PM
NoteCase Pro (massively multi-OS) comes with a feature called Clipboard Manager. You must first go to General Settings pg. 15_Clip Manager and designate a document to serve as the clip history. If you want all clips written to the same note, you must also select the note within that document. If you skip the latter step, each clip will be written as a new last note in the document borrowing X characters from the clip as the note title. Once configured, you can turn the clip manager on and off from the Tools Menu as desired. (I personally favor keeping the clip history in a single note.)
The Clipboard Manager creates a history of all clips in other programs that are either plain text, HTML, RTF, or images. For many programs, clips are written to their native format in the clipboard and to the RTF clipboard, e.g., word processors. For clips that contain URLs, if you have set Linkify URLs in text (General Settings, pg. 06_Operations) as active, all URLs in the clips will be converted to hyperlinks. If that setting is not active, you can also apply the same action on a per note, branch, entire document, or listed notes basis using the Auto-Generate Links action found on the Edit > Actions sub-menu.
When running on Windows, if you have set “Store Data Source URL when Pasting” active on the General Settings pg. 06_Operations page, the clip history will also record the URL of the web page/document file that the clip came from, which can be written as a hyperlink, as described above.
My only caution here is that it is all too easy to wind up with a massive clip history that slows document loading, particularly if you clip lots of images. So one must form the habit of weeding or trimming the clip history every so often, depending on how much clipping you do. Auto-pruning of the clip history is feasible via a Lua script and a new event trigger (which I’m sure Miro would implement in a heartbeat), but I haven’t found that necessary.
NoteCase Pro also comes with AutoComplete and AutoReplace (abbereviation expansion) features. I developed the specs for these features and Miro was kind enough to implement them. My specs grew out of frustrations with the WordPerfect abbreviation expander, which grew out of the fact that the program allows only a single AutoReplace template document and takes a lock on it while the program is active, making it impossible to switch template documents without shutting down the program and running a batch file or replacing the template document manually. A use case to illustrate the frustrations. Before retiring from the practice of law, I frequently had to prepare documents for three different courts that each had different citation style rules. Illustration, In Oregon state courts, citations to the Federal Supplement reporter had to be written as “FSupp” (without any space or periods). For Federal District Courts, they wanted it written as “F.Supp.” (no spaces but with periods). For Federal Courts of Appeals, Harvard Blue Book Style was required: “F. Supp.” (periods but with a space). I wanted to always write “FSupp” but have it switch to the proper template depending on the Court I was writing for without closing WordPerfect.
So in NoteCase Pro, one can configure multiple groups of AutoReplace template documents or word lists for AutoComplete and switch groups when switching between open documents. With custom global document properties, a Lua script, and the After Document Switch script event trigger, NoteCase Pro on my systems now switches to the desired AutoReplace document template and AutoComplete word lists when switching between documents. (There are default groups for documents that lack a suitable custom global property.)
The above features are not currently available in NoteCase Pro for Android, which is a far newer program than the version for desktops, laptops, and certain handheld mobile devices.
Posted by Tomasz Raburski
Jul 22, 2016 at 10:18 AM
It depends what are your needs. I use clipboard enhancers only for text data, and Ethervane Echo works great for me. It’s very fast, lightweight, and customizable.
Other enhancers are slower and bigger, but can also clip pictures and web pages.
Posted by Listerene
Jul 25, 2016 at 12:47 AM
True Launch Bar has the best that I’ve found. It’s interface resembles Gnome 2 for Linux with a bar at the top of the screen (or elsewhere, if you prefer) containing various utilities. The clipboard function is a button on this bar that archives whatever is placed on it. It works well in Win 10 & prior versions (I’ve been using it since XP). My bar also includes a clock, voice notes, weather RSS reader and various launch menus & icons.
I’ve been using it for a whole lot of years and it’s the first thing that I install on my systems.