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From: gjw@spurr.wr.usgs.GOV (Gregory J. Woodhouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  xterm/dxterm selection into pipe?
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Date: 30 Jan 91 16:58:50 GMT
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>I would like to be able to pipe the contents of the highlighted
>selection in a terminal window (xterm or dxterm) into various commands,
>principally lpr. This would give me a "print selection" capability. Any
>solutions out there? BTW, I am running ultrix 4.0 / DECwindows, but I
>have the R4 clients.
>
>Forgive me if this is a simple question - I have checked the FAQ without
>success.
>
>--
>erik sowa (sowa@amdew.llnl.gov,sowa@cms1.llnl.gov)
>

Well...Once the text is selected, you can copy it into a string using
XGetWindowProperty(), then your application should set up a pipe, and
fork of a copy of lpr.  (You need to arange that the display connection
close across execs.)  Then, you just write the string onto the pipe.

Gregory Woodhouse
gjw@ags.wr.usgs.gov

P.S. If you send me mail, I can explain the details of how to do all of this.