Re: Dosemu, Linux, XyWrite -- another clipboard kludge

["Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx]

Bob Zimmerman wrote:
> 1. Xywrite 3.55 has a command, SAVEDEF, which can save any defined text into a file, like so:
>
> SAVEDEF c:clip.txt
>
> assuming C: is where clip.txt normally resides.
>
> 2. Put the following in your keyboard.kbd file, like so:
>
> =BC,S,A,V,E,D,E,F, ,c,:,c,l,i,p,.,t,x,t,XC,CH

Xy 4 has it too (can also be entered as savesel), BUT I think you
would need savedef/nv c:clip.txt to avoid having to OK
overwriting an existing clip.txt from the last time you did it,
no? Does the /nv switch also work in Xy#?
> By hitting this keystroke after making a selection in Xywrite, the selection would then be saved to
> clip.txt.
>
> 3. From here, you could set up a Linux script, assigned to a shortcut key, to use xsel to put
> clip.txt into the system clipboard. Or you could create a macro with Xmacro to select the text of
> clip.txt and copy it into the clipboard. Either method should work.
>
> In fact, if done right in Xmacros I am pretty sure the macro would only require one keystroke to
> both copy clip.txt into the clipboard and then paste it wherever you want it.
>
> Just an idea.
> Bob
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