nemo: change right click copy behaviour ; make it a copy/reference

Bug #1717716 reported by v1nce
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Bug Description

I want to make a link to a file.
90% of time I don't want to make the link in the same directory as the source which has little interest (or maybe for libs1.2 / libs)

Right now I do it that way :
 right click the directory I want to link
 make link
 copy link
 go to the destination
 paste
 rename "link to X" to "X"

The right way (IMHO)
 Copy(/references) the file/dir to be linked
 Go to the destination directory
 Make link (which would have the same name as the original)
 [optional
  Go to another directory
  Link again
  Go to another directory
  Link again
  ...
  Click another file
  Click compare => the linked file and the selected file opened in meld
 ]

pro:
 natural (vs destruction of link when pasting (???))
 less steps
 no need for extra text "Link to X" (except if pasting in the same dir)
 multiple linking (or copying/pasting) is possible
 can be used by other tools like meld (no more need for "compare later" entry in the contextual menu)

cons:
 ?
 maybe some drawbacks when your workflow mixes file copying / file comparing ; as the file you compare would also be the file that was "copied" (or rather referenced)

Maybe this could be extended to manage a small clipboard of files.
Menus like paste/compare/copy to... would have a submenu with the last n entries that were selected

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