Project Notes:

Project: Clippy
Author: Matt Mower
Description:
Clippy extends the JBuilder editor to provide multiple clipboard buffers. The default is to have 8 buffers which can be selecteed using the keys Alt+1 to Alt+8.

Clippy overrides the standard JBuilder keystrokes for doing cut, copy & paste operations so that it is transparent to use.

Pressing Alt+B brings up a buffer selection dialog which allows you to select the current buffer from its contents.

Pressing Alt+R toggles the ring-buffer mode. When the ring-buffer mode is enabled, Clippy will automatically select the next buffer after doing a cut or copy operation. Clippy will cycle around the buffers in a ring.

The number of buffers Clippy provides can be configured by altering the property:
clippy;buffer.count
in the user.properties file. No matter how many buffers are configured only the first eight will be selectable by hot keys. Further buffers must be selected via the buffer selection dialog.

Bugs fixed:

Buffer selection dialog could be opened multiple times

Things to do:

Provide a configuration page in the Editor settings or IDE settings
Enhance the buffer selection dialog
Allow keymap customization
Override the context-menu cut,copy & paste options
Redesign ring-mode to make more sense