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Re: Copy variable to system clipboard (as simpleclip)
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Tim Johnson |
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Re: Copy variable to system clipboard (as simpleclip) |
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Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:58:21 -0800 |
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Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) |
* Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com> [170807 16:36]:
> Tim Johnson wrote:
>
> > I use simpleclip routinely so that I can copy
> > and paste from the system clipboard without
> > affecting the emacs kill ring. However,
> > I could use a function that would copy any
> > string variable (such as output from
> > buffer-file-name) to the system clipboard.
> >
> > Is such function available?
>
> Yes, use xsel(1x) as I did here - one of the
> first things I wrote in Elisp by the way -
> could probably benefit from an upgrade, but
> hey, if it ain't broke, fix it, to make sure
> it is!
>
> http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/emacs-init/xsel.el
Thanks Emanuel. I just installed xsel and will play with your code
later (or tomorrow).
cheers
--
Tim
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com