Most useful thing I've discovered recently: if you need to transfer some text from #Linux to your phone, you can use https://github.com/gtanner/qrcode-terminal and "xclip -o | qrcode-terminal" to output the clipboard as a QR code, and then use the iphone/android camera app to snag it.
@mala that is kind of sweet
@mala nice.
@mala ok that's great! my usual technique is a signal message
@xor @mala works nice on OS X too - thanks for the tip! https://social.coop/media/M1QW5ZyJKXERiaad9gw
@mala you can also use KDE Connect, which i believe has the ability to synchronize the clipboard between your phone and your computer
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I save texts in my #Nextcloud Notes folder and then I can access it through the Notes app on my phone. Sadly, installing Nextcloud isn't very streamlined...
@mala if you're on android, you can install the android SDK, then type `adb shell input text "$(xclip -o)"` and it simulates those key inputs on the device, directly typing it
@mala I started to get excited. I could use pbpaste on the mac for this. Then I realised this is no CLI tool. Because (a) all of nodejs and npm just to have a quick QR code utility? and (b) no one is typing Q-R-C-O-D-E-[HYPH]-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-L in their CLI. Tools that real CLI users use look like 'jq'.
Still, this is brilliant. So I need to find an easier way to get this capability. For now it's still faster to open a window to qrstuff.com (literally less to type!)
@mala do be certain your phone isnβt handing that image processing off to a server somewhere if the text is at all sensitive.
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incredible just how overly complicated it is to connect two devices that are _right_ next to eachother, huh