On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:48:27 -0500 "bulia byak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Some time ago I asked if it's possible to copy the filename under > cursor in mc to the X clipboard so it can be pasted into other > programs. Now I have implemented this using the xclip utility (see > http://people.debian.org/~kims/xclip/). I created a shell script > that takes a string as argument and puts it into both primary > selection and the clipboard buffer: > > #!/bin/sh > echo -n $1 | xclip -i -selection clipboard > echo -n $1 | xclip -i -selection primary > > Then, in src/main.c, I added a function that calls system() with a > command line concatenated from the name of the shell script and the > current file name, including path (code borrowed from > copy_current_pathname and copy_prog_name, but without stuffing it > into the command prompt). Then I added a new entry to default_map to > bind this function to a key, and that was all. > > One caveat: the current version of xclip does not work with KDE > apps, so only non-KDE apps can paste the clipboard. The author of > xclip was planning to fix this in the next version. > > I do not publish the actual patch because it's rather messy > (although it works) and because this just a temporary solution. The > correct solution is (as I wrote before) to allow the user to define > the keymaps via a config file, without recompilation. The syntax for > this config file should allow binding keys not only to mc's own > functions, but also to arbitrary shell commands (to be run through > system()). As in the bindings file, these commands must be able to > grok substitutions such as %f or %p referring to the currently > selected file (or tagged files). If anyone would program such a > configuration system for keybindings, this would be really great for > users who have better things to do than recompile mc on every > keybinding change :) (Unfortunately I'm not a programmer - I can > only do quick hacks for what I need, not write production code.) > > Meanwhile, I'm planning to use the above approach to implement > copying the selected fragment from the mc built-in editor to > the clipboard. That sounds wonderful. I use mc's internal editor heavily for all things that dont require fonts. I have had many occasions where cuting and pasting would have been nice. //danneh > > -- > __________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > _______________________________________________ > Mc mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
