Re: [orca-list] xclip, X selections and Orca

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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Yes, I've used similar options to get xclip to integrate betwen the X
environment and native console and speakup.  I built some aliases to
provide easy access to the clipboard; commands like xc for copy and xv
to paste.  I just have to pipe the text into xc to put it in the
clipboard and of course, xv pulls out out so I need to grab it to the
screen with xv and use speakup's cut/paste feature to get it where I
really needed.  I've never had to do anything special in gnome to
access the clipboard.

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 06:26:54PM +1100, Jason White wrote:
> According to the xclip(1) manual page, there are three selections into which
> text can be copied: primary, secondary, and clipboard, with primary being the
> default.
>
> Ctrl-v in Firefox (and possibly the equivalent in other applications)
> retrieves text from the X clipboard, i.e., the third of the above
> possibilities.
>
> Is there any keyboard function available to copy text to/from either primary
> or secondary?
>
> The middle mouse button, according to Web pages that I've found, copies text
> from the primary selection, but I couldn't find any key binding for this in
> the Orca keyboard layouts.
>
> Incidentally, to copy text into the X clipboard, use xclip -selection c
> which overrides the default.
>
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