37) How can I print the current X selection?


You could paste it into an xterm after executing the lpr command.  However, a
program by Richard Hesketh (rlh2@ukc.ac.uk) specifically for manipulating the
selection will help; e.g.

	% xselection PRIMARY | lpr 

finds the primary selection and prints it.

This command can be placed in a window-manager menu or in shell-scripts.
xselection also permits the setting of the selection and other properties. A
version is on ftp.x.org.

Also available is ria.ccs.uwo.ca:pub/xget_selection.tar.Z, which can be
adapted to do this.

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