On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:49:00 -0700 [email protected] wrote: > On 11/22/2018 10:02 AM, Andrew Savchenko wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:35:42 -0700 [email protected] wrote: > >> I have a simple text file (with few lines in it) and using XFCE. > >> > >> How do I copy text from that file to "clipboard" so that user can past > >> it with "ctrl-v" > >> I would like to that text to be in a clipboard after XFCE started. > > > > Use x11-misc/xclip: > > xclip -in filename_with_paste > > > > Add this script to you XFCE autostart. This can be done either by: > > > > 1) GUI: Settings -> Session and Startup -> Application Autostart > > https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/preferences#application_autostart > > > > 2) Custom run hook: > > Edit ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc properly (call xclip, then > > default xfce4 xinitrc) > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/267238 > > > > Best regards, > > Andrew Savchenko > > Hmm... I tried it from the command line and restarting the XFCE; nothing > in the clipboard, empty. Nothing to paste.
I don't understand what you are meaning. Have you ran xclip and then restarted XFCE? O_o. Of course this will not work, because X server is being reset during restart. You need to run xclip after XFCE is started. The ways to automate this are described above. > xclip -in test.txt Best regards, Andrew Savchenko
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