to_clipboard has no effect in ipython (works in python) (linux)

[seanv507]

Code Sample, a copy-pastable example if possible

# Your code here
import pandas as pd
a=pd.DataFrame([0,1,23])
a.to_clipboard()

Problem description

Hi
since several months I am no longer able to use the to_clipboard function in ipython - nothing pasted to clipboard. I notice it works in python!!. I have tried using latest version of ipython/pandas on anaconda but no improvement

Expected Output

I expect to paste dataframe into text file etc.

Output of pd.show_versions()

INSTALLED VERSIONS

commit: None
python: 3.6.3.final.0
python-bits: 64
OS: Linux
OS-release: 4.15.0-34-generic
machine: x86_64
processor: x86_64
byteorder: little
LC_ALL: None
LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
LOCALE: en_GB.UTF-8

pandas: 0.23.4
pytest: 3.7.2
pip: 9.0.3
setuptools: 40.2.0
Cython: 0.26.1
numpy: 1.13.3
scipy: 1.0.0
pyarrow: 0.7.1
xarray: None
IPython: 6.5.0
sphinx: 1.6.3
patsy: 0.4.1
dateutil: 2.7.3
pytz: 2014.10
blosc: None
bottleneck: 1.2.1
tables: 3.4.2
numexpr: 2.6.2
feather: None
matplotlib: 2.1.0
openpyxl: 2.4.8
xlrd: 1.1.0
xlwt: 1.3.0
xlsxwriter: 1.0.2
lxml: 4.1.0
bs4: 4.4.1
html5lib: 0.9999999
sqlalchemy: 1.0.14
pymysql: None
psycopg2: 2.7.1 (dt dec pq3 ext lo64)
jinja2: 2.7.3
s3fs: None
fastparquet: None
pandas_gbq: None
pandas_datareader: None

[TomAugspurger]

http://pandas-docs.github.io/pandas-docs-travis/io.html#clipboard

Note

You may need to install xclip or xsel (with gtk, PyQt5, PyQt4 or qtpy) on Linux to use these methods.

Do you have those installed/

[seanv507]

well I installed xsel, and it still didn't work. [and note it works in normal python just not ipython?]. (and it used to work on my linux machine??)

[TomAugspurger]

Is your ipython the same environment as your python? (output of `which ipython` and `which python`).

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[seanv507]

thanks - yes it is just root anaconda folder

[TomAugspurger]

Any luck debugging this @seanv507?

[seanv507]

not so far. I don' know where to look [ I know it must be something to do with my config]. my workaround currently is pyperclip.copy(df.to_csv())

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[moinluk]

The to_clipboard function is still not working properly with ipython or jupyter, but it works with python.
The example code above results in following error:

QXcbClipboard::setMimeData: Cannot set X11 selection owner

It seems that in my case the qt_clipboard was used.
Is there a possibility to switch to a another clipboard e.g. xclip or xsel (pyperclip works fine)?

Output of pd.show_versions()

INSTALLED VERSIONS

commit: None
python: 3.7.0.final.0
python-bits: 64
OS: Linux
OS-release: 4.15.0-43-generic
machine: x86_64
processor: x86_64
byteorder: little
LC_ALL: None
LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
LOCALE: de_DE.UTF-8

pandas: 0.23.4
pytest: 3.8.0
pip: 18.1
setuptools: 40.2.0
Cython: 0.28.5
numpy: 1.15.1
scipy: 1.1.0
pyarrow: None
xarray: None
IPython: 6.5.0
sphinx: 1.8.2
patsy: 0.5.0
dateutil: 2.7.3
pytz: 2018.5
blosc: None
bottleneck: 1.2.1
tables: 3.4.4
numexpr: 2.6.8
feather: None
matplotlib: 2.2.3
openpyxl: 2.5.6
xlrd: 1.1.0
xlwt: 1.3.0
xlsxwriter: 1.1.0
lxml: 4.2.5
bs4: 4.6.3
html5lib: 1.0.1
sqlalchemy: 1.2.11
pymysql: None
psycopg2: None
jinja2: 2.10
s3fs: None
fastparquet: None
pandas_gbq: None
pandas_datareader: None

[TomAugspurger]

It's possible that the recenlty updated pyperclip we vendor has fixed some issues.

Is there a possibility to switch to a another clipboard e.g. xclip or xsel (pyperclip works fine)?

Not really, aside from manually setting pandas.io.clipboard.copy and pandas.io.clipboard.paste.

Going to close this since this is isn't easily reproducible so it's not clear what needs to be done.