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

From Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re:xsel: how to I paste to the clipboard in 10 pitch?
Date 2015-12-21 22:21 +1100
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Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Wrote in message:
> T <T@invalid.invalid> Wrote in message:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>>  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?
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>> 
>> 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Doug. 
> 
> -- 
> 

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.
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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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