Alternative clipboard manager (cliphist + fzf) - fixes Walker clipboard crash

[evandro-macedo]

Problem

The default clipboard manager (Super Ctrl + V) using Walker crashes when clipboard entries contain multi-byte UTF-8 characters (emoji, box-drawing characters, CJK text) at certain byte boundaries:

thread 'main' panicked at src/preview/mod.rs:179:55:
byte index 10000 is not a char boundary; it is inside '─' (bytes 9998..10001)

This is a bug in Walker's preview truncation logic, not in Omarchy.

Solution

Replace Walker clipboard with cliphist + fzf, which provides:

• Persistent history across reboots
• Preview pane showing full content
• No UTF-8 crashes
• Fuzzy search

Setup

1. Install: sudo pacman -S cliphist fzf

2. Add to ~/.config/hypr/autostart.conf:

exec-once = wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist store
exec-once = wl-paste --type image --watch cliphist store

3. Create ~/.local/bin/clipboard-manager:

#!/bin/bash
selected=$(cliphist list | fzf \
    --preview 'echo {} | cliphist decode' \
    --preview-window 'right:50%:wrap' \
    --layout reverse \
    --border \
    --prompt '📋 ' \
    --header 'Clipboard History (Enter to copy, Esc to cancel)')

[[ -n "$selected" ]] && echo "$selected" | cliphist decode | wl-copy

Then: chmod +x ~/.local/bin/clipboard-manager

4. Add to ~/.config/hypr/bindings.conf:

unbind = SUPER CTRL, V
bindd = SUPER CTRL, V, Clipboard manager, exec, uwsm-app -- ghostty --class=org.omarchy.clipboard -e ~/.local/bin/clipboard-manager

5. Add to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf:

windowrule = float on, match:class org.omarchy.clipboard
windowrule = center on, match:class org.omarchy.clipboard
windowrule = size 1000 600, match:class org.omarchy.clipboard

Hope this helps others who run into the same issue!

[Yiin]

To add copied image preview support:

1. $ yay -S kitty
2. Update ~/.local/bin/clipboard-manager:

#!/bin/bash                                                                                                                                                                 
preview_cmd='                                                                                                                                                               
entry={}                                                                                                                                                                    
printf "\033[2J\033[H"                                                                                                                                                      
if [[ "$entry" == *"[[ binary data"* ]]; then                                                                                                                               
    echo "$entry" | cliphist decode 2>/dev/null | kitten icat --clear --transfer-mode=memory --unicode-placeholder --stdin=yes --place="$((FZF_PREVIEW_COLUMNS -2))x${FZF_PREVIEW_LINES}@0x0"                                                                                                                                               
else                                                                                                                                                                        
    echo "$entry" | cliphist decode 2>/dev/null                                                                                                                             
fi                                                                                                                                                                          
'                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                              
selected=$(cliphist list | fzf \                                                                                                                                            
    --preview "$preview_cmd" \                                                                                                                                              
    --preview-window 'right:50%:wrap' \                                                                                                                                     
    --layout reverse \                                                                                                                                                      
    --border \                                                                                                                                                              
    --prompt '📋 ' \                                                                                                                                                        
    --header 'Clipboard History (Enter to copy, Esc to cancel)')                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                            
[[ -n "$selected" ]] && echo "$selected" | cliphist decode | wl-copy

[abenz1267]

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