Clipboard History Utility

🎓The Clipboard History Utility is a command-line program written in C that allows users to manage a history of copied items in the clipboard. It provides a simple and efficient way to keep track of recently copied texts and retrieve them for pasting when needed.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Usage
• Compilation
• Command-Line Options
• System Requirements
• License

Introduction

Managing clipboard history can be challenging, especially when you need to access previously copied items. The Clipboard History Utility solves this problem by providing a menu-based command-line interface to add, view, retrieve, and copy clipboard items.

Features

• Add text items to the clipboard history.
• Display the clipboard history with item indices.
• Retrieve a specific item from the clipboard history.
• Copy a selected item back to the system clipboard for pasting.
• Clear the entire clipboard history.

Usage

1. Add item to clipboard history:

   • Enter text to add to the clipboard history.
   • To stop adding items, enter 'q' or 'Q'.

2. Get clipboard history:

   • Display a list of clipboard items with their corresponding indices.

3. Retrieve the item from clipboard history:

   • Enter the index of the item you want to retrieve (from the displayed list).
   • The selected item will be shown, and you will have the option to copy it back to the system clipboard for pasting.

4. Clear clipboard history:

   • Clear all items from the clipboard history.

5. Quit:

   • Exit the Clipboard History Utility.

Compilation

For Linux (GCC):

gcc clipboard_history.c -o clipboard_history

For Windows (MinGW):

gcc clipboard_history.c -o clipboard_history.exe

Command-Line Options

The Clipboard History Utility does not use command-line options. Instead, it offers a menu-based command-line interface where users can select options by entering corresponding numbers.

System Requirements

The Clipboard History Utility is compatible with Windows and Linux operating systems. It does not currently support macOS. To ensure proper functionality, make sure you have the required C compiler installed for your respective platform.

License

This software is currently not open-source and has "All Rights Reserved." The developer retains all rights to the code. Please contact the developer for any licensing inquiries.