Specify X selection to use with xclip

[torandu]

The default X selection for xclip is XA_PRIMARY. To paste in an X Window
System, you would use the middle mouse button. Most users are likely
interested in Ctrl+p to paste when using the '-c' option. This change
specifies XA_CLIPBOARD to enable standard keyboard paste.

[ConradIrwin]

Hi @torandu,

Unfortunately, I (almost) always use middle-click paste because ctrl+v doesn't work in a terminal.

If you really want to change this, I'd accept a pull request that let you configure your XCLIP options, e.g. export XCLIP=xclip -sel clip in ~/.bashrc, but the primary clipboard is a much better default.

[torandu]

@ConradIrwin ,
Got it. I was probably too focused on my own reasons/ use case: using keyboard to paste instead of mouse.

Rather than set an env var XCLIP, what do you think about exporting X selection?
E.g. export X_SELECTION=clipboard

The default would of course be: X_SELECTION=primary

This could then be used to set commands for either xclip or xsel.

Thanks for the feedback!

[ConradIrwin]

That sounds great :)

Conrad

On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, Sean Gallagher wrote:

@ConradIrwin https://github.com/ConradIrwin ,
Got it. I was probably too focused on my own reasons/ use case: using
keyboard to paste instead of mouse.

Rather than set an env var XCLIP, what do you think about exporting X
selection?
E.g. export X_SELECTION=clipboard

The default would of course be: X_SELECTION=primary

This could then be used to set commands for either xclip or xsel.

Thanks for the feedback!

—
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//pull/24#issuecomment-12619863.

[goodell]

Why not just copy to both clipboards?

[rking]

@goodell - I use the "Clipboard" selection specifically for durability. If a tool started spamming it I'd be surprised.

@torandu - Wait a second... the use case of using the keyboard is satisfied with Shift+Insert, is it not?