Synergy is a software application developed by Symless. It is used for sharing a keyboard and mouse between multiple computers, and is useful in situations where several PCs are used together, with a monitor connected to each, but are to be controlled by one user. The user needs only one keyboard and mouse on the desk — similar to a KVM switch without the video.
Partly open source and partly closed source, the open source components are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, which is free software. The first version of Synergy was created on May 13, 2001, by Chris Schoeneman and worked with the X Window System only. Synergy now supports Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.
Once the program is installed, users can move the mouse "off" the side of their desktop on one computer, and the mouse pointer will appear on the desktop of another computer. Key presses will be delivered to whichever computer the mouse-pointer is located in. This makes it possible to control several machines as easily as if they were a single multi-monitor computer. The clipboard and even screensavers can be synchronized.
The program is implemented as a server which defines which screen-edges lead to which machines, and one or more clients, which connect to the server to offer the use of their desktops. The keyboard and mouse are connected to the server machine.
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Https://copychar.cc - allows you to copy special characters to your clipboard. Source: almost 2 years ago
Thank you for all the suggestions. Several of these require having a business Wordpress account, which I don't have. I finally just copied an em dash from a Word doc and pasted it into the text block in my Wordpress draft. My son just told me that he uses windows key + period to pop up the emojis, and em dash is in there. Glad to know about https://copychar.cc/. Source: almost 2 years ago
You can use sites like https://copychar.cc/ to copy special characters. Source: over 2 years ago
CopyChar lets you click on a special character (such as Greek letters) and copies it to your clipboard, so you can just ctrl-V to paste it into your text. Source: over 2 years ago
Copy/paste doesn't work for you? I use this site (https://copychar.cc/) and am able to paste in any character. It'll adjust to whatever typeface I set it to if it exists for that one. I really only use the dashes and trademarks though. Source: over 2 years ago
I use a software called Synergy. https://symless.com/synergy I have one keyboard and mouse connected to one "host" machine, and two machines connected as clients. Sometimes if the host machine bogs a bit (like running a build or something) then the clients will have some latency but I've used this setup for gaming and work for two years and it's been pretty good. My only complaint (about my personal setup, not the... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
I’ve been using a software solution for this for over a decade. It’s called Synergy (https://symless.com/synergy) and it is fast - switches instantly over wifi and also works across Windows/Mac/Linux. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Synergy works well for this purely in software. Unfortunately it's not free or open source, but it's relatively inexpensive. https://symless.com/synergy. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
I want to be able to do things like Synergy, Steam Link, Unified Remote, and Media Servers between any of these devices, with as little added latency as possible (especially important for steam link). Source: 6 months ago
i've got several fedora linux machines running and sharing their monitors via synergy (https://symless.com/synergy) , all controlled by the keyboard/mouse on the primary synergy server. Source: 6 months ago
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