there is only a search for clipman with fallback to edit-paste, but on /data/icons/*/...
xfce4-clipman-plugin and a clipman-symbolic located,
so for next release please add a elif (){();} :

 /* Status Icon */
  if (gtk_icon_theme_has_icon (icon_theme, "clipman"))
    {
      plugin->status_icon = gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name ("clipman");
    }
  elif (gtk_icon_theme_has_icon (icon_theme, "xfce4-clipman-plugin"))
    {
      plugin->status_icon = gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name ("xfce4-clipman-plugin");
    }
  else
    {
      plugin->status_icon = gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name ("edit-paste");
    }

Comment 2 Git Bot 2020-05-22 23:23:43 CEST

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