Accessing clipboard through software built on Python

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com>:
> As far as I know it's not possible for an application to directly yank
> highlighted text from another application.

That's an age-old pattern in X11. I don't know if Wayland supports it.

Application 1 holds a selection (usually highlighted) and Application 2
wants to copy the selection. No clipboard is needed. Application 2
simply asks for the selection. The request is relayed to Application 1,
which generates the response:

<URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_selection#Selections>


Marko