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Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch?

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On 12/21/2015 06:12 PM, Allodoxaphobia wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:28:52 -0800, T wrote:
>> On 12/21/2015 03:39 PM, Dan Espen wrote:
>>> T <T@invalid.invalid> writes:
>>>> On 12/21/2015 03:21 AM, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>>>>> Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     From the command line, I can paste to the clipboard with
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          echo 'abcdefg' | xsel --clipboard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do I tell it I want the text to be formatted
>>>>>>> in 10 pitch?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not sure that you can set a pitch for anything on the clipboard.
>>>>>> It is probably stored there as basic ASCII characters, and will
>>>>>> acquire the default pitch of any document you paste it into.  There
>>>>>> are applications that will send formatted text to the clipboard,
>>>>>> but if you paste the text back into a simple text editor, the
>>>>>> formatting is lost.
>>>>>
>>>>> To continue: if the formattong was preserved, the formatted text
>>>>> would have to be different ascii characters, and might not be capable
>>>>> of being imported into a console or simple editor. Have a look at
>>>>>     man xsel.
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to recreate when you have a text editor open and
>>>> you copy some 10 pitch text to the clipboard.
>>>
>>> I can't think of any UNIX software that supports copy/paste of
>>> font names or sizes.  I've only seen that on Windows.
>>>
>>> Oddly, I find that behavior less than useful.
>>
>> I copy and paste formatted text all the time.  Libre Office to
>> Thunderbird, back and forth, etc..  It would drive me nuts
>> if I couldn't do it.
>
> It drives me nuts when I do *do* it -- copying something from a browser
> into Libre Office.  What I do is open an intermediate "drop" zone: nano.
> I C&P from browser into nano -- then C&P from nano into Libre Office.
>
> Courses - Horses.
> Jonesy
>

There is "Paste Special"

Also, paste to a text only editor like Leafpad will
drop all the formatting.  Then recopy and paste

Now how do I deliberately format something?

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xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-21 02:14 -0800
  Re:xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2015-12-21 22:14 +1100
    Re:xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2015-12-21 22:21 +1100
      Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-21 12:26 -0800
        Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-21 18:39 -0500
          Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-21 16:28 -0800
            Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2015-12-22 02:12 +0000
              Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-21 18:18 -0800
                Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2015-12-22 14:34 +0000
                Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-22 12:24 -0800
            Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-21 22:37 -0500
            Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2015-12-22 22:00 +1100
              Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2016-01-28 06:02 +0000
            Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2015-12-23 00:57 +1100
              Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-22 12:24 -0800
          Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-22 08:22 +0000
  Re: xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-23 14:04 -0800

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