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# [Equivalent To Drafts, But For Windows?](https://talk.automators.fm/t/equivalent-to-drafts-but-for-windows/6159/8) - Windows - Automators Talk

- Shared on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Telegram/comments/pvd7a4/telegram_as_universal_clipboard_manager_ultimate/)

This is going to seem entirely out of left field, but for those looking for that OG function of Drafts... as just a safe place to compose text you intend to use elsewhere (as opposed to the Tweet compose interface, which just lost me like 15 minutes of typing, which led me here... hehe,)

I have been using [**Telegram**](https://desktop.telegram.org/), of all things for years. notably, if you hit Ctrl + 0 from *anywhere* in the Windows client, you and your cursor are taken to the compose field beneath your personal "Saved Messages" channel, which is searchable, has an extremely high per-message character limit (after which it just automatically splits,) and is ridiculously reliable in saving "drafts" live as you're typing. as in... I have actively tried to lose characters by killing the application and then logging in on my phone and have yet to accomplish losing a single one (among other advantages: zero formatting added to plain text by default - not even line breaks - no total file limit and *2GB* per file limit uploads, absurdly cross-platform, literally more reliable than SMS in poor network conditions.) you can immediately reenter a sent message with `↑` to edit, copy it, escape with just `Esc` and then paste to start a new revision.

my other suggestion which I would personally use for this if I wasn't such a high-intensity clipboard user: God's great gift to man, [**CopyQ**](https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/,) is an extremely robust and infinitely customizable clipboard manager that supports complex scripting and.... somehow... I just managed to set up live syncing of my CopyQ clipboard over *iCloud for Windows*, and you absolutely would not believe how well it actually works.

as far as *send to yourself* functions… Telegram’s is the absolute most capable and usable by far, I promise. here’s more explanation in the form of this response I posted yesterday (I don’t expect anyone to actually engage with it though lol.) https://talk.automators.fm/t/equivalent-to-drafts-but-for-windows/6159/8
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![Telegram Privacy - InputZero](https://i.snap.as/a0xgY5cJ.png)

Just to be clear, I am being sincere when I acknowledge that these are genuinely problematic issues that no doubt affected real Telegram users who depend on its Secret Chat function. Even something so benign as the file path to local media storage on my device is not something I'd want piggybacking my otherwise-anonymous, NDA- and/or law-breaking messages to a journalist, for instance, but frankly, I don't know of any journalists who maintain public Telegram contacts, anyway. Come to think of it, I don't think I've *ever* seen a Telegram username publicly associated with a journalist. Indeed, the overwhelming majority of anonymous modern messenger service tip lines advertised by news organizations and news people which I've come across have all linked to Signal.
Just to be clear, I am being sincere when I acknowledge that these are genuinely problematic issues that no doubt affected real Telegram users who depend upon its Secret Chat function. Even something so benign as the file path to local media storage on my device is not something I'd want piggybacking my otherwise-anonymous, NDA- and/or law-breaking messages to a journalist, for instance, but frankly, I don't know of any journalists who maintain public Telegram contacts, anyway. Come to think of it, I don't think I've *ever* seen a Telegram username publicly associated with a journalist. Indeed, the overwhelming majority of anonymous modern messenger service tip lines advertised by news organizations and news people which I've come across have all linked to Signal.



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[3] I *definitey* was, though. For whatever reason, I do not remember associating the term “automation” with such activities, but I just found the “receipt” for my “purchase” of [IFTTT for iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ifttt/id660944635)… From July, 2013.
[4] I am currently working on a less-than-instant solution using iCloud and CopyQ’s clipboard sync function.
[5] I would’ve said “one can never have too many backups,” but the result of such thinking is ridiculously wasteful and not something I actually want to encourage.
[6] I'm almost positive I've heard of/been linked to this blog before, which is perhaps only notable in that I managed to keep my typographic opinions to myself.
[6] I'm almost positive I've heard of/been linked to this blog before, which is perhaps only notable in that I managed to keep my typographic opinions to myself.
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## References
- [ ] [**Telegram Privacy Policy**](https://telegram.org/privacy)
- [ ] [**Terms of Service**](https://telegram.org/tos)
- [ ] [Creating Desktop Themes – Telegraph](https://telegra.ph/Create-Telegram-Theme-01-12)
- [ ] [Drafts Directory: Send to Telegram](https://actions.getdrafts.com/a/18E)
- [ ] [Telegram | The Eastern Border](https://shows.acast.com/theeasternborder/episodes/telegram)
- [ ] [How-to: Markdown/Formatting Text in Telegram](https://telegra.ph/markdown-07-07)
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- [ ] `![Telegram Desktop in Windows 11](https://i.snap.as/DFQzGGeZ.png)`
- [ ] `![TG Colors](https://i.snap.as/r0WpvFQr.png)`
- [ ] `![Telegram Tile](https://i.snap.as/WQJGiVhY.png)`
- [ ] `![Commments Dot App Embed](https://i.snap.as/ur3rE2pw.png)`
- [ ] `![Location Sharing in Telegram for iOS](https://i.snap.as/FRj5GGPN.png)`



## Anecdotes

* [ ] Static location sharing just sends a Lat-Long Google Maps URL: `https://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.934018,-92.388035&ll=38.934018,-92.388035&z=16`



## Dev

- [ ] [rahiel/telegram-send: Send messages and files over Telegram from the command-line.](https://github.com/rahiel/telegram-send#installation)
- [ ]

## Media
* [Share Sheet animation](https://imgur.com/gallery/4laWgXj) - `https://imgur.com/gallery/4laWgXj`

[Equivalent To Drafts, But For Windows?](https://talk.automators.fm/t/equivalent-to-drafts-but-for-windows/6159/8) - Windows - Automators Talk

* Shared on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Telegram/comments/pvd7a4/telegram_as_universal_clipboard_manager_ultimate/)

This is going to seem entirely out of left field, but for those looking for that OG function of Drafts... as just a safe place to compose text you intend to use elsewhere (as opposed to the Tweet compose interface, which just lost me like 15 minutes of typing, which led me here... hehe,)
***

I have been using [**Telegram**](https://desktop.telegram.org/), of all things for years. notably, if you hit Ctrl + 0 from *anywhere* in the Windows client, you and your cursor are taken to the compose field beneath your personal "Saved Messages" channel, which is searchable, has an extremely high per-message character limit (after which it just automatically splits,) and is ridiculously reliable in saving "drafts" live as you're typing. as in... I have actively tried to lose characters by killing the application and then logging in on my phone and have yet to accomplish losing a single one (among other advantages: zero formatting added to plain text by default - not even line breaks - no total file limit and *2GB* per file limit uploads, absurdly cross-platform, literally more reliable than SMS in poor network conditions.) you can immediately reenter a sent message with `↑` to edit, copy it, escape with just `Esc` and then paste to start a new revision.

my other suggestion which I would personally use for this if I wasn't such a high-intensity clipboard user:
God's great gift to man, [**CopyQ**](https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/,) is an extremely robust and infinitely customizable clipboard manager that supports complex scripting and.... somehow... I just managed to set up live syncing of my CopyQ clipboard over *iCloud for Windows*, and you absolutely would not believe how well it actually works.

***
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as far as *send to yourself* functions… Telegram’s is the absolute most capable and usable by far, I promise. here’s more explanation in the form of this response I posted yesterday (I don’t expect anyone to actually engage with it though lol.) https://talk.automators.fm/t/equivalent-to-drafts-but-for-windows/6159/8

***

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