danielhones / namedclips

Emacs add-on to give names to things you copy and paste

Named Clips

Give persistent names to things you copy and paste so you don't have to go through the whole kill ring til you find what you need.

Installing

Copy the named-clips.el file into your .emacs.d directory and add this line to init.el:

(load "~/.emacs.d/named-clips.el")

Or you could put it at some other path and load that path instead. If you prefer a different prefix for the keybindings, set the named-clips-keybinding-prefix variable before loading the file, or call nclip-set-keybindings with a new prefix as the argument:

;; This works:
(setq named-clips-keybinding-prefix "C-c q")
(load "~/.emacs.d/named-clips.el")

;; Or this:
(load "~/.emacs.d/named-clips.el")
(nclip-set-keybindings "C-c q")

Commands and Keybindings

All keybindings have a common prefix followed by a single key. C-c n is the default prefix and here are the default keybindings for the commands:

Keybinding	Command
C-c n n	If there is an active region, give it a name, otherwise name the last item on the kill ring
C-c n w	Name active region as a clip
C-c n k	Name last item on the kill ring
C-c n i	Insert named clip at point in current buffer
C-c n c	Put nammed clip on the system clipboard and add it to the kill ring
C-c n l	Show list of all currently defined named clips
C-c n r	Remove clip with name
C-c n X	Clear all named clips

The first four commands will prompt you for the name of the clip you want. C-c n n is probably the most convenient way of naming clips since you can use it for both naming a region or the last item on the kill ring. This is is the equivalent of "copy". C-c n i is the equivalent of "paste" and has tab completion when it prompts you for the name. You will be prompted for confirmation if you attempt to create a clip with the same name as a clip that already exists.