On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 04:52:13PM -0700, Bob Miller wrote: > Is there a way to set the X selection (either primary or clipboard) > from the command line? > > Klipper (aka KDE Cut & Paste History) will launch an X app on a > selection that matches a pattern, e.g., it launches mozilla on a > selection that starts with http:// . > > I'd like a way for urlview (a mutt helper) to pass an URL to the > selection so klipper can pick it up. Urlview can invoke mozilla > directly, but only when mutt is running on the same machine > as mozilla. > > So is there an X program that can explicitly set the selection > from the command line? > > $ xsettheprimaryselection http://w3.org/
haven't used them, but xcb http://www.goog.com/pcg/marc/xcb.html xselection http://www.infomatic.uni-bremen.de/htk/haddock/XSelection.html -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
