Fucking Wayland.
- xclip doesn't work
- there's these wl-copy/wl-paste commands (from the wl-clipboard package)
- those just HANG when you call them
- turns out they have to OPEN A WINDOW to get the clipboard, and that window has to be focused, for Reasons™
- KDE's focus stealing prevention was preventing it from taking focus
What a Wayland Moment.
We should all stop stigmatizing critters who prefer X11. KDE is going to drop X11 support in like one release and Wayland STILL isn't functional and _never will be_ because it's Like This by design.
#Wayland #Linux
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