Thomas, Put this line in your "$HOME/.inputrc" file:
"\M-[2~": paste-from-clipboard # Insert The escape sequence generated by the "Insert" key happens to be the same for both the console and RXVT. Note that readline's "past-from-clipboard" stops before the first newline in the clipboard. Randall Schulz Mountain View, CA USA At 23:58 2002-09-26, Thomas Mellman wrote: > > How you access it will depend upon how your mouse is set up. > > For example, using a three-button mouse, I'm able to paste > > the contents of the Windows clipboard to rxvt by clicking > > on the middle mouse button. > > >That's good for some pasting jobs. Under Linux, I also have a function >key defined >to paste so I don't have to go reaching for the mouse. I haven't figured >out how to >do that with cygwin yet, though. > >But, it might be useful to mention in this context that you can also >access /dev/clipboard. > >for example: > > $ note < /dev/clipboard > >(note: note is my script) > >-- >Thomas Mellman -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/