xsel-1.2.0.txt (1807B)
1xsel 1.2.0 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-1.2.0.tar.gz 11 12New in this release 13------------------- 14 15This is a maintenance release, improving argument handling, documentation 16and X11 library detection. 17 18Details: 19 20 * Added handling of combined single-letter arguments, so "xsel -ao" is 21 equivalent to "xsel -a -o". Patch by Christopher Wellons. 22 23 * Corrected man page section numbers, updated URLs in source comments, 24 added ICCCM rant to source repository. 25 26 * Removed hardcoded X11 libraries in Makefile.am, and use only those 27 discovered by autoconf. Reported by Yair K. 28 29About XSel 30---------- 31 32XSel's most common use is to set or get the X selection: 33 34 * To read a file into the X selection: xsel < file 35 * To write the X selection to a file: xsel > file 36 37You can use xsel in shell scripts and desktop keybindings, so that the 38contents of the X selection are available to command arguments: 39 40 mozilla --remote "openurl(`xsel`)" 41 42XSel can also be used for some more complicated tasks: 43 44 * To append to the X selection: xsel --append < file 45 * To follow a growing file: xsel --follow < file 46 47You can even tell applications to delete their selected text: 48 49 * To delete the contents of the selection: xsel --delete 50 51Other options include various ways of manipulating the secondary and 52clipboard selections, and of making the selection contents persist in 53memory. For full details see: 54 55 http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/ 56 57enjoy :-) 58 59Conrad Parker.