/trivial-copy

Copy, paste and move files like you do in Finder in Dired.

Primary LanguageEmacs Lisp

Trivial copy

Copy, paste and move like you do in Finder in Dired. The point is that it is integrated with the system clipboard, so you can copy in Finder and paste in Dired, or do the reverse.

./trivial-copy-small.gif

Install

Get trivial-copy.el, add to load-path, and (require 'trivial-copy.el).

You also need command line tools from here, put them in somewhere in PATH.

Usage

CommandDescription
trivial-copy-copyCopy marked files to system clipboard
trivial-copy-pastePaste files in system clipboard to current directory
trivial-copy-moveMove files in system clipboard to current directory

Contribute

Currently this only works on mac, PR’s for Linux and windows are welcome.