Accessing clipboard through software built on Python

[Peter]

On 28/10/2018 12:17 AM, Musatov wrote:
> I am wondering if Python could be used to write a program that allows:
>
> 1. Highlight some text
> 2. Ctl+HOTKEY1 stores the string of text somewhere as COPIEDTEXT1
> 3. Highlight another string of text
> 4. Ctl+HOTKEY1 stores another string of text somewhere as COPIEDTEXT2
>
> THEN
>
> 5. Ctl+HOTKEY2 pastes COPIEDTEXT1
> 6. Ctl+HOTKEY2 pastes COPIEDTEXT2
>
> I found "pyperclip" and "Tkinter" but I don't know where to start.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Musatov
>
You might find the GUI automation tool Skiuli or the newer SikuliX 
programs useful. They can be used to script a GUI and perform operations.

http://www.sikuli.org/

If you're on Windows then the COM interface can be useful (if the 
program you want to copy from supports it).

Peter