Hi Brett, On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:31:50 -0400 Brett Viren <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wrote a little function that lets me paste the contents of the X11 > selection to the currently focused window. I have it working using > the "xdotool" program to perform the paste. The xdotool "types" the > selection kind of slowly and I'd rather not rely on an external > program. Is there a rep/sawfish function I can use to perform the > paste. My searches for one came up empty. Or, is there maybe a > better way to do this? > > Here is the function. > > (provide 'bv-paste) > (defun xpasteto (w) > "Paste current selection into current window" > (interactive "%f") > (require 'selection) > (let ((selection (x-get-selection 'PRIMARY))) > (let ((cmd (format nil "xdotool type --window %d \"%s\"" > (window-id w) selection))) > (system cmd)))) > (bind-keys global-keymap "C-M-SPC" xpasteto) I use something similar in http://parenteses.org/mario/utils/sawfish-extra-menus#selection-menu Best wishes. Mario -- http://parenteses.org/mario -- Sawfish ML
