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> The only copy/paste behavioral difference I've noticed on Wayland is that I lose the copied data if I close the source program.

This is because sway by default does not provide a "clipboard manager" component. It has been the case for a long time that the clipboard is only actually populated when you paste, copying merely stores a reference. This is so you can copy/paste multi gigabyte files without running out of memory. A clipboard manager component solves this issue by intelligently saving your clipboard as applications come and go.




Got it! Thanks for clarifying.

Honest question: Is this something that people are missing in Wayland?


I personally found it annoying enough to install clipman[0] for my sway setup. Especially with short lived applications like calculators etc.

[0] https://github.com/yory8/clipman




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