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xterm Cut Buffer

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From: Robert Shaw
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 20:05
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At the moment, to print highlighted text in an xterm, I use something like

cat > tmp  [RETURN] [click middle mouse button] [RETURN] [CTRL-D]
lpr tmp

OR 

cat | lpr  [blah blah blah.... ]

You get the idea.

Is there a better way? Say, an X client with some buttons to do different
things with the current cut buffer (print, append to a file, pipe thru an
arbitrary command, etc..) ?

What about printing very large regions, do I have to build a server with
increased internal buffer space? Is there no mechanism to transfer the 
buffer from one client to another by breaking it into multiple pieces that
the server can handle ?

Am I confused about what's really going on?

Thanx!

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 Rob Shaw                                              rjshaw@ocfmail.llnl.gov
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