paste manager

A simple script to create a menu driven database for storing little bits of information. The database is a double colon delimited plain text file queried with standard unix tools.

This is NOT for passwords. Do NOT use it for them. See my own dpw or pass for a solution there.

Output is controlled via a small c program called pm-fmtdb, see the top of the file for adjusting the format.

Works best with dmenu fuzzy finder patch. Utilizes list mode by default.

Menu format can easily be customized by editing the script near the top of the pm shell script.

Database format is fairly simple:

ID::Created::Updated::Name::Content

It's a menu driven application with no CLI options, users are encouraged to write programs that directly talk to the database, or extend it to suit their needs.

Demo video

Installation

# make install

You'll need dmenu installed. You may also wish to bind a hotkey to run the new pm command

Configuration

Environment variables:

XDG_SESSION_TYPE if set to wayland will utilize wl-copy from the wl-clipboard package and wtype instead of xclipboard and xdotool respectively. bemenu is used in place of dmenu on Wayland as well.

PASTE_MANAGER_FILE can override the file location PASTE_MANAGER_LINES overrides the number of lines displayed by dmenu PASTE_MANAGER_X_SELECTION sets the clipboard selection, you probably want to leave it set to clipboard, the default. ( xorg only )

Edit the source code for further tweaks. The one people may have the most interest in is the format sent to dmenu, that's controlled via the small c program 'pm-fmtdb' near the top of the file.

MacOS

You'll need a menu, and you'll probably want a hotkey daemon.

Bugs

Probably. This was written in just a few hours. Email me if you find any, I'll fix them.

Not-bugs

Multi line snippets are entirely unsupported.