Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-29 Thread Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
Mike McClain wrote: > Is there a way to get gpm to use the same copy buffer at the > command line that it dowes in X? Or in other words how can I This is on the gpm TODO list for years :) See /usr/share/doc/gpm/TODO.gz: 2002-03-10 Nico Schottelius * make buffer accessable from

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-29 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 01:09:38PM -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:17:40AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > > One other way would be to use screen with -x > > Thanks Andre, I've used openvt since my first introduction to Linux > which was DosLinux on a 386 and never saw

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-28 Thread Wayne Topa
s. keeling wrote: Wayne Topa : I mentioned I was running Squeeze. I was not asking for help. I was relaying my attempts to get it to do what it says it can do. A CLI -> X clipboard APP that works is what I wanted. After reading all the docs supplied, as well as Googleing for other metho

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-28 Thread s. keeling
Wayne Topa : > > I mentioned I was running Squeeze. I was not asking for help. I was > relaying my attempts to get it to do what it says it can do. A CLI -> X > clipboard APP that works is what I wanted. After reading all the docs > supplied, as well as Googleing for other methods, I am

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-22 Thread Mike McClain
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:17:40AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > One other way would be to use screen with -x Thanks Andre, I've used openvt since my first introduction to Linux which was DosLinux on a 386 and never saw a reason to try screen 'til now. I'll look into it. Mike -- Satisfied use

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,21.Sep.09, 21:46:37, Mike McClain wrote: > > The only way I've found 'til now is to echo a string back and forth, > as in: > >>From the CLI: echo 'some string' > /dev/pts/2 > >>From xterm: echo 'some string' > /dev/tty9 > > Awkward but less so than writing to a file. One other way w

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Mike McClain
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 03:32:06PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: > >>[H]ow can I > >>grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? > > > >I believe xclip

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Wayne Topa
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 15:15:42 Wayne Topa wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 14:32:06 Wayne Topa wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: [H]ow can I grab some text on the c

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 21 September 2009 15:15:42 Wayne Topa wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Monday 21 September 2009 14:32:06 Wayne Topa wrote: > >> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >>> On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: > [H]ow can I > grab some text on the command

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Wayne Topa
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 14:32:06 Wayne Topa wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: [H]ow can I grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? I believe xclip

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:06, Mike McClain wrote: > Is there a way to get gpm to use the same copy buffer at the > command line that it dowes in X? Or in other words how can I > grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? I just use the Primary Selection (select text to

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 21 September 2009 14:32:06 Wayne Topa wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: > >> [H]ow can I > >> grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? > > > > I believe xclip

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Wayne Topa
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: [H]ow can I grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? I believe xclip can do this.

Re: gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 21 September 2009 12:06:39 Mike McClain wrote: > [H]ow can I > grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? I believe xclip can do this.

gpm buffer: CLI vs. X

2009-09-21 Thread Mike McClain
Is there a way to get gpm to use the same copy buffer at the command line that it dowes in X? Or in other words how can I grab some text on the command line and paste it in X, or vise versa? TIA, Mike -- Satisfied user of Linux since 1997. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbo