Re: any accessible way to get text from one app to another?

[Ryan Shugart <ryan lothlorien nfbcal org>]

OK, how does one who can't see mark the text with the left mouse button?
Ryan


On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote:

> I think this is offtopic.
> 
> You can mark the text with the left mouse button, go into a terminal, do a
> cat > tempfile, then paste the text into the terminal with the right mouse
> button, then change into the vt, cat tempfile and so on. One should be
> able to keep the same copy-buffer between vt & X but I haven't found out
> yet. This could be a FAQ though. Maybe have a look on DejaNews.
> *t 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, John Covici wrote:
> 
> > Hi.  I was wondering if there was any way to select text from one app
> > and get it to another outside of x.  I have gpm started, but I am not
> > sure there is a way I could use such a thing.  One or more of these
> > apps may be emacs, but this is not always the case.
> > 
> > Any assistance would be appreciated.  --
> 
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