xsel

Program for manipulating the X clipboard
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xsel-1.0.0.txt (2014B)

      1xsel 1.0.0 Release
      2------------------
      3
      4XSel is a command-line program for getting and setting the contents of the X
      5selection. Normally this is only accessible by manually highlighting
      6information and pasting it with the middle mouse button.
      7
      8This release is available as a source tarball at:
      9
     10  http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/download/xsel-1.0.0.tar.gz
     11
     12New in this release
     13-------------------
     14
     15This release adds UTF-8 support and fixes various bugs.
     16
     17Details:
     18
     19	* Support for retrieving and serving UTF8_STRING atoms. When
     20	  retrieving a selection, xsel determines whether or not the
     21	  current selection owner supports UTF8_STRING and uses that if
     22	  possible.
     23          + Debian bug #231413: Doesn't work correctly in a UTF-8 environment 
     24
     25	* Fixes for the following bugs:
     26	  + Segfault when attempting to delete the selection that xsel owns,
     27	    eg: echo "hello, world" | ./xsel -i && ./xsel -d
     28	  + Debian bug #444638: xsel clears buffer instead of outputting
     29                                when backgrounded. 
     30          + Debian bug #203925: xsel manpage double option 
     31
     32
     33About XSel
     34----------
     35
     36XSel's most common use is to set or get the X selection:
     37
     38	* To read a file into the X selection: xsel < file 
     39	* To write the X selection to a file:  xsel > file 
     40
     41You can use xsel in shell scripts and desktop keybindings, so that the
     42contents of the X selection are available to command arguments:
     43
     44	    mozilla --remote "openurl(`xsel`)"
     45
     46XSel can also be used for some more complicated tasks:
     47
     48	* To append to the X selection:        xsel --append < file 
     49	* To follow a growing file:            xsel --follow < file 
     50
     51You can even tell applications to delete their selected text:
     52
     53	* To delete the contents of the selection: xsel --delete 
     54
     55Other options include various ways of manipulating the secondary and
     56clipboard selections, and of making the selection contents persist in
     57memory. For full details see:
     58
     59    http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/
     60
     61enjoy :-)
     62
     63Conrad Parker.