hi,
I’ve been using a Python one-liner to copy current date-time to clipboard…
using a short key (like CTRL+Shift+w)
I simply love it.
And I thought I’d share it…
but since it involves a deep knowledge of concepts
including deciding how an application should run… in the first place…
activated in a settings window? GUI…
setting the short key…
and the format…
and activate it…
I mean, placing and “wiring” it in the system (talking about Linux) is basically the job itself 
So I have nothing to share
Except this idea…
would someone of you girls and guys care make it?
It would be a super-tinny yet really comfort-rising addition to the Gnome desktops…
PS:
my personal experiences
I use it every day…
It was inspired by Xed (the text editor) who offers an f5 key to paste date time at the cursor…
My Python “version” is different as it doesn’t paste it but copies it to the clipboard…
This makes it universal…
I can do it anywhere
and I love it…
Main usage?
Text files! Markdown files!
Unlike Libreoffice, they don’t store time… as we know…
So, at the top of any .md file I’ll place a quotation and the date time…
like
24/Aug/2026/10:35
It’s so civilized!
Each text / note has a date stamp… now
I can only hope you won’t find my suggestion impolite – like “please make what I have thought up” : ) )
As to that, I’m sure it wasn’t me thinking this up..
moreover, it must have been a standard since the '70s.. as I imagine.. in any system..
It’s just that XFCE, for example, doesn’t have it right now…
Either way, best regards,
Peter
@ 24/Aug/2026/10:44