__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Sunday 16 July 2006 09:51 \__
> __/ [ Michael Heiming ] on Sunday 16 July 2006 09:25 \__
>
>> In comp.os.linux.misc Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Hi all,
>>
>>> Is there a way of accessing the content of the clipboard from the command
>>> line? I have Klipper running if that matters. At present, I need to paste
>>
>> cboard=`dcop klipper klipper getClipboardContents`
>> echo $cboard
>>
>> Should do the trick.
>>
>> [..]
>>
>> Good luck
>
> Michael,
>
> You're a star. Thanks for that.
FWIW, here's what I later on achieved, in case you are
curious or ever wish to use this. There is a Perl script
called paradj which justifies text. It is based on some
LaTeX code. What I wanted to have is a mechanism whereby I
highlight any text and then, by pressing Ctrl+Alt+7
(assigned using xbindkeys), have the clipboard contents
transformed to be in justified form. Here is a simplified
example of script:
,----[ indent.sh ]
| cboard=`dcop klipper klipper getClipboardContents`
| echo $cboard > ~/in
| perl ~/Main/Programs/paradj/paradj.pl --width=60 -n -b ~/in > ~/out
| dcop klipper klipper setClipboardContents "$(cat ~/out)"
`----
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