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I still don't get buffers (programming.dev)
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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Not exactly. When you select a text and copy it, the two selections will end up containing the same text, but you can write to either selection without affecing the other by using an API, e.g. a website's "copy to clipboard" button, or xclip/wl-copy.

Clipboard managers with a history feature are an altogether different layer on top of the standard selections. Plasma's clipboard manager only cares about the clipboard selection, and even then, there are exceptions (e.g. copying a password for KeepassXC doesn't save it in the history).