On 2009-09-03, Derek Martin <inva...@pizzashack.org> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 01:42:32PM -0700, Gary Johnson wrote: > > Man page: > > > > http://linux.die.net/man/1/xclip > > That's neat, but I don't really see how it's going to help here, > given that the OP wants to paste an address. He'd have to have a way > to output exactly the address he wants to stdout for xclip to be able > to get it in the clipboard, as far as I can see. I'm sure that's > possible, but it's likely to be substantially less convenient than > selecting and pasting it with the mouse (or just typing it in). > > I interpreted the OP's message to mean approximately that he wants to > be able to select arbitrary text that's already in his terminal > window, and then paste it, all without using the mouse. This doesn't > seem to provide any way to do that.
I just re-read the original message. I had read "paste" and "C-v" and seen that there was no "copy" but missed the "C-y" part and assumed that the address was in the clipboard. I now think you're right: xclip doesn't really solve his problem. Thanks. Regards, Gary
