My $0.02 after reading all of this is that clearing the clipboard instead of restoring it makes the most sense.
Having some sort of lock file so that if you quickly (<45 sec apart) run 'pass -c' multiple times, only the last invocation clears the clipboard might make sense or might be harder than it is worth. Von On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Philip Chase <[email protected]>wrote: > The more I think about the clipboard restore feature the less useful it > seems. > > I get my old clipboard back, but not until 45-ish seconds after I use the > password. What value on the clipboard is worth waiting 45-ish seconds for? > If you need it you need it you probably don't want to wait 45 seconds to > get it back. Wouldn't you just go copy that value again? > > I just don't see the use case for the password restore. I'd rather not > have the security liability. > > Philip > > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Jonas Wagner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I think clearing the clipboard is a good idea. I would prefer one of the >> following options to the proposed --Clip, though: >> >> 1) simply replace the current --clip to clear the password instead of >> restoring them. Frankly, we do not need two command line flags that do >> almost the same. >> >> 2) If some more backward compatibility is desired, the new pass process >> (let's call it B) should detect an existing pass process (A) waiting to >> clear the clipboard. B could then send A a custom signal or so, causing it >> to reset the time limit to 45 seconds from now. B then terminates, and A >> resets the clipboard to the original value after 45 seconds. >> >> Option (1) is simpler, option (2) would be what I expect. Do people think >> it's worth the complexity? >> >> Cheers, >> Jonas >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Stephen Blott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 09:06:11AM -0400, Philip Chase wrote: >>> >>>> That seems completely reasonable. I have never encountered another >>>> application that reverted the clipboard to a previous value, so I never >>>> expected pass to do it. >>>> >>> ---end quoted text--- >>> >>> I rattled up a version of pass with "-C" and "--Clip" options (note >>> capitals), the same as "-c" and "--clip", except that the clipboard is not >>> cleared. >>> >>> Any interest? >>> >>> How does one submit PRs or patches to this project? >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Password-Store mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Password-Store mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store >> >> > > > -- > Philip Chase * 352-575-0705 * Gainesville, FL > > _______________________________________________ > Password-Store mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store > >
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