Re: [orca-list] how to select text when in gnome-terminal

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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In followup to my last post, this is the error I get now when I try
and use the xclip command; this used to work all the time before some
recent upgrade, I guess.

Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyError: Can't open display: :0

Any idea what this could be?

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:40:04PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
> Yes, you can do that but you still have to select the text to be
> copied.  That's the thing that frankly, doesn't seem to work anymore.
>
> Also, I used to us that to copy back and forth between gnome and
> native text consoles and now that isn't working anymore; last time I
> tried, I got errors about an invalid device or some such.  Haven't had
> a chance to sort things out on that yet.
>
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 03:48:04PM +1000, Jason White wrote:
> > Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com> wrote:
> >  
> > > I really think there should be some way to be able to select text and
> > > copy it to the clipboard while in a terminal.  
> >
> > There is xclip (see the xclip(1) manual page, and be sure to use the
> > -selection clipboard option if you want the text stored in the clipboard).
> >
> > I know this isn't the answer you wanted, but it does work, even in console
> > sessions if you specify the X display to be used.
> >
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