There are at least 3 versions of Punch Copy/Paste on the forum.
The oldest versions are clearly marked as “obsolete” and should not be used.
The two versions that are still current can be found here:
https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/punch-copy-paste/28906/1
and here:
https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/punch-copy-paste-problem/64114/4
The older version is in this forum post: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/punch-copy-paste/28906/1
There are two current (and two obsolete) plug-ins:
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Current Version: PunchCopy.ny: Is the original “Punch Copy/Paste” plug-in. When installed it appears in Audacity’s Effects menu.
It may be used to copy, paste or clear it’s clipboard.
This version is not designed to support batch processing. -
Current Version: PunchPaste.ny: Is the original “Punch Paste” plug-in. When installed it appears in Audacity’s Effects menu.
This plug-in only works with Current Version: PunchCopy.ny, and is intended to be bound to a keyboard shortcut so that a copied selection can be quickly pasted many times.
Comprehensive documentation for this version can be found on the download page.
The newest version (at time of writing) is on this page: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/clicking-enter-as-part-of-a-macro/61687/14
This version was written to support use macros and batch processing. It is NOT COMPATIBLE with other versions.
When installed it appears in Audacity’s Tools menu.
Usage is very similar to the other version except that it has an option to copy silently (no message after copying).
I was rather hoping that Audacity would eventually get a built-in “punch copy/paste” like feature rather than requiring a plug-in, but as I’m no longer doing C++ development that seems unlikely. Nevertheless I’ll post it as a suggested “feature request” on GitHub.