From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 12 22:40:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD09A16A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:40:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FCF843D1F for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:40:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id i6CMeof9081457; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:40:50 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:40:50 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Jason Dusek Message-ID: <20040712224050.GB42183@dan.emsphone.com> References: <40F3122D.3060501@uiowa.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40F3122D.3060501@uiowa.edu> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Redirecting Output Into The Copy Buffer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:40:51 -0000 In the last episode (Jul 12), Jason Dusek said: > Most of the time, when I click the third mouse button something gets > pasted wherever my cursor is. Presumably it gets pasted from some > buffer somewhere, let's call it the X buffer or buffer X. Is there > some way to redirect the output of a terminal command into the X > buffer? Then I can run something like this: > > 5 # dmesg > [wherever the X buffer is] Take a look at the x11/xclip port; I think it does what you want. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com