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Re: clipboard enhancement request-for-discussion
- To: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Subject: Re: clipboard enhancement request-for-discussion
- From: Dario Alcocer <alcocer at helixdigital dot com>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 06:58:45 -0700
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- References: <03d901c0e9b8$3688c080$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>
>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Collins <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au> writes:
Robert> I'm finding more and more often, that being able to
Robert> redirect things to /dev/clipboard isn't quite enough.
Robert> <-- snip -->
Robert> create a new device /dev/clipfile which when written to
Robert> places a "file" (specifically a CFSTR_FILEDESCRIPTOR
Robert> format object) on the clipboard, consisting of the
Robert> contents written to /dev/clipfile.
Robert> The upshot of that is that
Robert> ---
Robert> cvs diff -up foo > /dev/clipfile
Robert> [switch to some application that understands file copy and
Robert> paste - ie outlook]
Robert> shift-insert
Robert> ---
Robert,
I wonder: could be accomplished without having to add another device
in Cygwin? Could a separate program, say, 'fmtclip', format or
process the input data such that it's in the right format for the
clipboard?
The usage would be a little different than you proposed:
cvs diff -up foo | fmtclip --file-descriptor > /dev/clipboard
Regardless of the final syntax that is used, your idea sounds like a
good idea.
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Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
alcocer@helixdigital.com -- http://www.helixdigital.com
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