Re: Copy variable to system clipboard (as simpleclip)

[Tim Johnson]

* Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com> [170808 10:22]:
> Tim Johnson wrote:
> 
> > Update: Seems to work. I owe you a beer. :)
> 
> Owe me a beer? Have you never heard of free
> software, with "free" as in free beer?
> 
> Anyway I went thru the code today after all
> these years, and found a couple of small things
> to change:
> 
>     http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/emacs-init/xsel.el
> 
> I also added this:
> 
>     (defun x-copy-symbol (sym)
>       "Copy the value of SYM to the X clipboard."
>       (interactive "S Symbol: ")
>       (let*((val (symbol-value sym))
>             (str (format "%s" val)) )
>         (set-X-clipboard-to-string str) ))
>     ;; Test:
>     ;; (progn (x-copy-symbol 'fill-column)         (insert-X-clipboard))
>     ;; (progn (call-interactively #'x-copy-symbol) (insert-X-clipboard))
> 
> Keep it up :)
  Thanks again!
-- 
Tim 
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