linux clipboard?
Chris Smith
smitty_one_each at bigfoot.com
Wed Mar 8 05:47:42 EST 2006
>>>>> "Rene" == Rene Pijlman <reply.in.the.newsgroup at my.address.is.invalid> writes:
Rene> david.humpherys at gmail.com:
>> how can i copy text to the linux clipboard?
Rene> Linux is an operating system. It doesn't have a
Rene> clipboard. The clipboard is provided by desktop frameworks,
Rene> such as KDE or Gnome.
Rene> -- René Pijlman
Actually, Linux is the kernel, and the full system is GNU/Linux, as
RMS would hasten to point out.
Isn't the clipboard a basic X component?
However, for basic text, don't overlook the humble shell facilities
like | , > , < , and >>
R,
Chris
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