Kotlin Native Clipboard Linux

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Can I do something like this on native?

fun main() {
	val clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().systemClipboard
	val clipboardContent = clipboard.getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)
	println(clipboardContent)
}

I.e., is there a way to access the clipboard on Linux systems? I found this but this is for MacOS specifically.

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Clipboard on Linux is complicated. You have to handle X11 and the myriad of Wayland compositors (gnome, wlroots…). Best way would be to find a toolkit that does that for you. There are some projects bringing gtk to kotlin native that may also be of some help.

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