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====== X-Clipboard on Commandline ======
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---- dataentry snipplet ----
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snipplet_tags: clipboard, x11, xclip, readline
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LastUpdate_dt: 2010-07-31
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Contributors: Josh Triplett
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type: snipplet
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----
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<code>
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# Make Control-v paste, if in X and if xclip available - Josh Triplett
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if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/xclip ] ; then
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# Work around a bash bug: \C-@ does not work in a key binding
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bind '"\C-x\C-m": set-mark'
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# The '#' characters ensure that kill commands have text to work on; if
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# not, this binding would malfunction at the start or end of a line.
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bind 'Control-v: "#\C-b\C-k#\C-x\C-?\"$(xclip -o -selection c)\"\e\C-e\C-x\C-m\C-a\C-y\C-?\C-e\C-y\ey\C-x\C-x\C-d"'
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fi
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</code>
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The behaviour is a bit tricky to explain:
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* kill text after the cursor
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* since the kill command **wants** text, it blindly adds a fake text "#" here
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* kill text before the cursor
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* since the kill command **wants** text, it blindly adds a fake text "#" here, too
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* write out ''"$(xclip -o -selection c)"''
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* run Control-Meta-e (shell-expand-line) to expand the ''"$(xclip -o -selection c)"''
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* yank the previously killed text back where it belongs
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Of course you can use any other command, you're not limited to ''xclip'' here.
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Note: C-@ as well as M-SPC both works and set the mark for me -- pgas
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