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On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:49:00 -0700 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> On 11/22/2018 10:02 AM, Andrew Savchenko wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:35:42 -0700 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> >> I have a simple text file (with few lines in it) and using XFCE. |
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> >> |
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> >> How do I copy text from that file to "clipboard" so that user can past |
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> >> it with "ctrl-v" |
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> >> I would like to that text to be in a clipboard after XFCE started. |
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> > |
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> > Use x11-misc/xclip: |
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> > xclip -in filename_with_paste |
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> > |
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> > Add this script to you XFCE autostart. This can be done either by: |
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> > |
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> > 1) GUI: Settings -> Session and Startup -> Application Autostart |
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> > https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/preferences#application_autostart |
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> > |
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> > 2) Custom run hook: |
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> > Edit ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc properly (call xclip, then |
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> > default xfce4 xinitrc) |
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> > https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/267238 |
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> > |
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> > Best regards, |
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> > Andrew Savchenko |
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> Hmm... I tried it from the command line and restarting the XFCE; nothing |
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> in the clipboard, empty. Nothing to paste. |
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I don't understand what you are meaning. Have you ran xclip and |
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then restarted XFCE? O_o. Of course this will not work, because X |
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server is being reset during restart. You need to run xclip after |
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XFCE is started. The ways to automate this are described above. |
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> xclip -in test.txt |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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