Re: OFFTOPIC: How about a /dev/clipboard ?
On Wed, 26 May 1999, Carl Mummert wrote:
> /dev/clipboard would require kernel modifications, and is probably not
> what you are lookign for.
I don't see why it would?
> What WOULD be useful would be an X11 app that has the following feature:
>
> When you run this app from the command line, and send text to its standard
> input, the app places that text in the X clipboard.
Well, there exists such an app. At least, WindowMaker has it:
intra:~$ dpkg -S wxcopy
wmaker: /usr/X11R6/bin/wxcopy
wmaker: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/wxcopy.1x.gz
NAME
wxcopy - copy stdin or file into cutbuffer
SYNOPSIS
wxcopy [options] [filename]
DESCRIPTION
wxcopy copies stdin or filename into the cutbuffer. If no
cutbuffer is specified, the data will be copied into cut
buffer 0 and the other cutbuffers will be rotated, if pre
sent. If a cutbuffer is specified, the data is copied
into that cutbuffer, and no rotation of buffers is per
formed.
Then, there's wxpaste too. Don't know if it works for non-WindowMaker
windowmanagers though.
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