This really is way cool. With KDE, I just dragged the script file onto my bottom panel. Now, I just highlight the link in mutt, hit the icon on the bottom panel, and netscape starts up, etc.
Linux is an acquired taste. Joel On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 06:53:17PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: > Yes!! This is just what I wanted. xclip -o just dumps the current clipboard > into your script. Very nice. Very userful. Whata great utility. > Thanks, > Joel > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:49:14AM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 11:15:27PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:09:09PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: > > > > > > Is there a way to run a shell script which would automatically read in > > > > the current contents of the clipboard, thus avoiding the need for the > > > > mouse click? > > > > > > I used to have a program that did this on an earlier version of HP-UX, > > > so it is possible. It just echoed the clipboard contents to stdout. I > > > don't think I have it any more, though, so you might see if freshmeat > > > has one. > > > > Eureka! Check out http://freshmeat.net/projects/xclip/: > > > > xclip is a command line utility that is designed to run on any > > system with an X11 implementation. It provides an interface to X > > selections ("the clipboard") from the command line. It can read data > > from standard in or a file and place it in an X selection for > > pasting into other X applications. xclip can also print an X > > selection to standard out, which can then be redirected to a file or > > another program. > > > > I haven't tried it yet myself, but it looks like it should do exactly > > what you want. > > > > Gary > > > > -- > > Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Spokane, Washington, USA > > http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/ |
