Clippy: Another Jailbreak Cut/Copy and Paste App
Well here is yet one more attempt to get cut/copy and paste going via a Jailbroken app from iSpazio. Clippy inserts two buttons into the iPhone system keyboard, one for copying and the other for pasting. One major gripe is that it only accepts user-entered text. So there is no copying any text from web sites or emails, etc…
It’s very easy to use this app. Once installed, start typing text, then select it with your finger, and tap the “123″ key to show a new line at the top of your keyboard. Now tap copy and then enjoy yourself to paste your text in every other app you want!
Again, this app is available for free if you have a Jailbroken iPhone. To try it out, simply go to the iSpazio Repository in Cydia and download it straight to your phone. While this app is not perfect, it is a much better attempt than the previous tries
[Story via iSpazio. Screenshot via TUAW via iPhone Download Blog]
| Tweet |
|
|
← Previously
Inaugural Wall Paper for the iPhoneNext up →
Quick App: Black Out for the iPhoneLeave a Reply
Note: Comments must be civil, respectful, and on-topic. If a comment does not add to the conversation, if it contains spam advertising, or inappropriate language or content, it will be removed. Comments containing links may be held for moderation. Relax, enjoy, and share in the discussion.
Tried this out when it first released and it works like a charm. This combined with Pastebud is a nice combo.
I tried one of the c&p apps a while back it didnt work very well. I will give this one a try later
The keyboard is an abomination. Why so many developers insist on expressing themselves with their ghetto-looking creative attempts is beyond me. “Look, I just got Photoshop for Christmas and I’ve already learned how to over-use the bevel effect!”
Apple shouldn’t allow any styling on apps.
“Mr. Jobs… build back this wall!”
You’ve made a mistake in your description of this app. It does not copy text over just one line at a time…I just finished copying several paragraphs of text from an email to a facebook post in one press of copy and paste. It works fantastic. As far as emails go, click the “Forward E-mail” button, which brings up the text entry field, leaving you free to copy and paste text, even when it wasn’t user entered. I think this is an important update to your post.
Yeah, this story is badly writen. This is not just “another” attempt at copy paste, this is the BEST implementation so far, and a major leap regarding the other mod. And like the other reader said, copying text from email is easy. One more BIG reason for jailbreaking.
@Jon, ouch – that hurts. Re-read the post again, I clearly said this is much better than previous attempts. At the same time it is far from perfect though…
Perhaps the post is not poorly written, but I still maintain that you can copy over one line at a time. I think your post makes it seem like this is halfhazard, when I would argue that it takes advantage of the iPhone’s keyboard UI to make a relatively unobtrusive, easy to use copy/paste function across multiple apps, rather than having to use copiercn’s clunky program.
would have appreciated a shout out to me for highlighting this app…
@sebastien, if I got a tip from you I would have included your name for sure. This was not written based off of a tip though. Sorry.
@sebastian
We’re pretty serious about crediting any and all tips we get (we even credit tips we get AFTER we’ve written posts ’cause we really want people to keep sending them in.
That said, I’ve checked and re-checked, and don’t see a tip from you. It’s possible it got lost somewhere on the intertubes, so if you’d consider writing us at news@tipb.com and letting us know how you sent it, hopefully if we can try and track it down.
@Rene – TUAW wrote a post about Clippy this morning, quoting me. Since you’re using their image (which is actually mine: iPhone Download Blog), I assume you read their post and would have appreciated a hola since I was the first one writing about this. But hey, no worries at all
@Sebastien, I actually went to the iSpazio site, which posted their story on January 19th, to get the quote I used. All that was used was the image from TUAW and I kept the credit in for “the iPhone download blog” beneath the image. Nothing else was used from your site. Sorry for any confusion.
@ Sebastien,
I do read TUAW but have to confess I don’t follow the jailbreak scene and didn’t read that article. But if it’s your image, it’s your image and we’ll be happy to shout you out. Apologies for the confusion. Sometimes the internet spreads the story faster than the credit
@Charlie, you are right about the one line at a time. It’s more now. I installed this yesterday and now there seems to be a updated version. I’ll give it a try.
@Charlie, it did indeed work. Thanks for the heads up.
Thank you!
@Jeremy – Clippy got an update over the night and it now allows you to select multiple lines at a time AND it now works across all apps that use the keyboard (until yesterday, it was limited to mail, sms, and safari)
I use this with Pastebud to copy any text from the browser (via email). With Fast Notes holding frequently pasted text, it’s almost like a clip shelf. Great tip on forwarded emails, thanks. Still, an integrated solution would be great.
Can anyone help me figure out why Clippy is not working for me? I have installed and uninstalled and reinstalled several times. I get no Clippy buttons when I switch to the alternate keyboard. Are there any programs that are known conflicts or something?
I noticed that today I downloaded the second version so it makes sense that when you tried it it wasn’t more than one line. Thanks for responding! I do agree that it’s far from perfect, but it’s been nice doing some quick copy and paste stuff between apps. Hope they develop this further into a beast that can operate outside of text fields. THEN we’s have something really going.
I have a quick question: I noticed that you got your image from the iPhone Download Blog, but maybe you can still help. I have a jailbroken iPhone and have installed several custom keyboards (like the one in the image) that show the apple/command button in their screenshot, yet when I activate them in winterboard and respring, I have the new keyboard MINUS the apple/command key. Is there an additional package that I need to install in order to have this available to me? And is the button functional (like in a VNC client for instance-I’m not really kidding myself into thinking it would work in most Mobile OS X apps). Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Justin,
I’ve had the same problem… until I realized that you have to select, then tap the “123″ key. Voilá! the magic keys appear.
Hi Radfahrer and Justin, He actually put in his post that he selected the alternate keyboard (123) and didn’t see anything. Justin, are you using Intelliscreen? If so, you need to go to “Performance” and and turn “Clippy” to on. Then click save, then apply. You should now be good to go.
Tried this last night…works very well!.
hClipboard is now out on Cydia and it’s better than Clippy! Here’s the wiki for info: http://code.google.com/p/networkpx/wiki/Using_hClipboard
Rey, no its not better clippy is very(highly) simple, hClipboard need you to change keyboard and do a lot of things.
@Sightez First I’ll say that I use both solutions, so my opinion came from using both, not just one. I’ll also say that changing keyboards is easy: Settings > General > Keyboards. If that’s too complicated, then wow.
And maybe you should define “a lot of things,” because after using both, I can describe Clippy as requiring you to ‘do a lot of things’. Here’s how: 1) This is the Clippy process of using the clipboard: tap “123,” tap “stack,” select the item I want pasted, close the popup, tap “123″ to get back to keyboard. This is the hClipboard process: Tap the globe, tap the item, tap the globe again. That’s 5 steps vs. 3. For someone who uses the clipboard a lot (emails, usernames, sms templates, etc.), it makes a big difference.
2) If I wanted to select a few paragraphs with Clippy, I would have to drag across many lines of text, and at the end make sure i stopped at the very right spot. It also doesn’t always want to select, it takes a few tries sometimes. Very time consuming. hClipboard can copy several paragraphs in 3 taps, and doesn’t require great accuracy (only have to tap beginning and end of paragraph.
3) Selecting specific text within Safari text fields (not address bar/search bar) can’t be done with Clippy. As I type this I’m trying to select one word/sentence from what I’m typing in this reply box but I can’t. Try it below, you won’t be able to. This applies to bookmarklet solutions as well, because bookmarklets turn the text into a safari input field, so you have to copy the whole thing. hClipboard can select specific items in text fields.
There are a few more gripes I have with Clippy, but that’s beside the point. Clippy to me makes you ‘do more things’ and is not better, in my opinion. Although the one nice thing I like about Clippy(the only reason I keep it) is because I can delete a whole paragraph quickly after selecting it.
This is my take on the 2 solutions, and I’m hoping the issues can be fixed at one point since it’s still in beta.
I had this, worked brilliant, then suddenly it doesnt show up at all, i reinstalled but nothing :/..
the fetaure has vanished, but i can still select text D:
yeah, updated to latest and suddenly it doesn’t show up either
bump on above
Here’s the answer.
The buttons that use to appear above the numbers are gone in this new version. Instead, hold the 123 button to bring up an option menu.
Selecting COPY activated the magnify-and-drag option.
I like this much better.
MC
I’ve spent 2 days searching cydia for clippy and cannot find it. Any help? this has never happened…is it gone or is it me?