That's a good idea. However, rather than /dev/X all you need is an X program which would read from standard input and put whatever it gets there onto the clipboard. Now that you mention this I'm surprised someone hasn't done it.
Jim Foltz wrote: > Hello, > > There are times when I need to cut and paste the output from a command > line program into a graphical program. The problem occurs when the output > is more than one screen long. I just thought it would be quite nice to > be able to redirect the output into /dev/clipboard, then switch to the > graphical program and use the mouse to paste it from /dev/clipboard to > where I need it. > > Is there a mechanism already in place to handle this? > > -- > Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ACORN techie <http://www.acorn.net> > AOL/IM Jim Foltz > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
