For years I've tried (and abandoned) several different clipboard manager apps. They all sound great in theory, but in practice - it's a different story.
Enter ClipX from Francis Gastellu. ClipX has totally changed the way I think about clipboard management. I've been using the latest beta (1.0.3.9c) - and have been very impressed with what I've seen. Not only is this thing extremely lean and quick (generally uses only about 600kb of RAM) - it's completely extendable with it's own SDK. A few truly useful plugins are also available for instant extension.
I have to admit, I didn't care much for the default hotkey configuration - but it's completely customizable so without much trouble I had it working just like I wanted.
Some of the best features include the ability to save clips between sessions (or permanently), view copied images while in the clipboard, etc. I especially love the Smart Navigation plugin that you can setup with regular expressions to launch apps when certain regex patterns are matched. It even includes a couple of builtin regex patterns to get you started (URL Extractor, Mailto, etc). You simply copy a url (or string of text that contains a URL or maybe an email address) - and hit your designated HotKey - and poof - the app you have setup with launch and navigate to the url, setup the email, etc.
* Note: There are actually options within the base app itself to perform browser navigation and launch application functionality - but they are disabled in the current beta. I emailed the author and he promises to have them functional by the next release.
Oh, did I mention it's FREE?
This will definitely go on my Favorite Freebies list.
Testing itIm looks nice for a first impression, but i really prefer something integrated with th IDE
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