Dear Bug-Readline / Chet, I've been thinking that it would be good if it were possible for users to bind key combinations to 'system()' commands in .inputrc. Is this a possible improvement for which a patch would be accepted?
For example I would like to bind some keys to copy the Readline cut buffer to the X clipboard, or paste the X clipboard into Readline. However, rather than introducing a dependency in Readline upon X, I think it makes more sense to allow users to bind keys to shell scripts which can do these things. I find that the existing options for getting text between Emacs and Readline and my browser are rather cumbersome, and would welcome a way to configure a better solution. Also see this thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/994563/integrate-readlines-kill-ring-and-the-x11-clipboard Thoughts appreciated. Thank you, Frederick _______________________________________________ Bug-readline mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-readline
