Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!bikini!thoth From: thoth@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Gilligan) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: xterm/dxterm selection into pipe? Message-ID: Date: 1 Feb 91 02:52:03 GMT References: <9101301658.AA03040@spurr.wr.usgs.gov> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Organization: Zik Zak Lines: 14 In-reply-to: gjw@spurr.wr.usgs.GOV's message of 30 Jan 91 16:58:50 GMT I once wrote a program that would retrieve the cut-buffer, only to find that there was a better one already out there. It's called xselection. See if you can find xselection on uunet. Otherwise I could mail copies. usage: xselection [ -display display_name ] [ -append | -prepend | -replace ] [ PROPERTY_NAME | -cutbuffer [0-7] ] [ - | [--] new_value ] -- "Until it's on my desk, it's vaporware" (`it' is the NeXT) "Those who would trade freedom for security soon will have neither" B. Franklin I deal with Reality as you _don't_ understand it.