DIODON(1)

📦 version 1.13.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 DIODON 💖

okay bestie, buckle up, we're talking about diodon(1) — that's the manual page for Diodon, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section, so you know it's the real deal 💅

✨ NAME ✨

Diodon — GTK+ Clipboard Manager. that's it. that's the whole name. iconic, lowkey.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

diodon [OPTIONS] [CHECKSUM]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so Diodon is a lightweight clipboard manager for Linux, and it's written in Vala (yes, Vala, she's fancy like that 🌸). the manpage literally says it "aims to be the best integrated clipboard manager for the Gnome/GTK+ desktop" and honestly? main character energy fr fr.

here's what she brings to the group chat:

  • Ubuntu indicator — she's in your top bar, she's watching, she's slaying 💖
  • clipboard sync — both the primary selection AND the Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V clipboard, so like, both of your clipboards are in sync, no cap
  • zeitgeist integration — for an infinite clipboard history 👑 like, never lose a copy again. the way that she remembers everything for you?? obsessed.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h, --help — shows you the help options. she's helping, she's serving, she's telling you what she can do 🫶
  • -v, --version — prints the version information. vibe check on which Diodon you're running ✨

🔥 CHECKSUM 🔥

okay so this is the fun part. specific clipboard content is identified by its very own unique SHA-1 checksum — like a lil fingerprint for each thing you copied 🍓

if you call uri clipboard:checksum, it triggers Diodon to copy that specific content into the clipboard. so you can summon back exactly the thing you want. it's giving time travel, it's giving ctrl+z for your clipboard 😭💖

🌈 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🌈

  • G_MESSAGES_DEBUG — set it to all to enable debug messages. if something's acting up and you need her to spill the tea, this is how 🎀

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

nope, nothing here, bestie. this page said "that's all you get" and honestly? respect 🙈

real talk though: nothing here is dangerous or deprecated, you're safe to poke around 💜

and that's a wrap on the diodon(1) page from the General Commands Manual — go copy something and let her hold onto it for you. periodt. 👑💖✨

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