KDE 5 Klipper broken
See original GitHub issueI will shortly attempt to see why this is occurring, but here is what happens if you try to use the latest release under KDE 5. (Please note this still works under KDE 4)
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13:33 $ python -m unittest basicTests
Testing on: Python 2.7.9 - (KDE Klipper) - qdbus (external)
Cannot find '.setClipboardContents' in object /klipper at org.kde.klipper
Service 'org.kde.klipper' does not exist.
FCannot find '.setClipboardContents' in object /klipper at org.kde.klipper
Service 'org.kde.klipper' does not exist.
F
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FAIL: test_copyPaste (basicTests.TestCopyPaste)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "basicTests.py", line 15, in test_copyPaste
self.assertEqual(pyperclip.paste(), msg)
AssertionError: u'' != 'The quick brown fox jumped over the yellow lazy dog.'
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FAIL: test_randomCopyPaste (basicTests.TestCopyPaste)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "basicTests.py", line 24, in test_randomCopyPaste
self.assertEqual(pyperclip.paste(), msg)
AssertionError: u'' != 'kioqdZBItNwtDuIYvfqjjoxIu8JWBUU1QCJgFPRYOWng5lVipdXSZ59s5K8cb04GWQyfTRltS3XhG3OGxDC40XnxhYLkDeH7AZ2Oy1CTo3F8NMjlKPQEAMzBe62607pcTwmEJ2s1UgaHzavNwshSVFfLkP4AKemr769rzbubncriqMaLmREdvVpyH9'
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Ran 2 tests in 0.072s
FAILED (failures=2)
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- Created 8 years ago
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It seems for the dbus, you must start klipper like so in the terminal.
Then the dbus will function properly.
IMHO we should check if klipper is running instead of just checking that’s installed.