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Re: Printing selected text from OpenWindows ?

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From: Jim Knutson
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1991 12:32
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Try selecting the text and typing in another window:

	get_selection | lpr

Or better yet, add it to your menu.  In general, you can see what
Sunview's default menu does for each menu item by looking at
/usr/lib/.rootmenu.

Jim Knutson
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From: knutson%SW.MCC.COM@mcc.com (Jim Knutson)
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Subject: Re: Printing selected text from OpenWindows ?
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