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Re: xterm Cut Buffer

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From: Ron Bodkin
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 03:05
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In article <9106180214.AA01964@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) writes:
[an original questioners question which has expired here:]
>> 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
>[...]
>> Is there a better way?
	Try lpr [RETURN] [click middle mouse button] [RETURN] [CTRL-D]
or if lpr complains about being fed tty input (it shouldn't) you could do
cat | lpr.
		Ron
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From: rjb@ipsa.reuter.com (Ron Bodkin)
Subject: Re:  xterm Cut Buffer
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.030547.27697@ipsa.reuter.com>
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