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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to copy a file's content to clipboard?
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:19:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200508121719.54002.uwix@iway.na> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42FCC5EF.1040801@gmail.com>

On 12 August 2005 16:53, Qiangning Hong wrote:
> Do you know how to copy the content of a file to the X clipboard using
> command?  Every time now I need to paste a file into my email, I have to
> cat it in a terminal and use mouse to select the text.  Is there a more
> convenient way?

Depends on your mailer. In KDE's kmail, I just click Message -> Insert File. 
Since you are using Thunderbird, I am pretty sure it offers something 
similar.

Uwe

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  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-12 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-12 15:53 [gentoo-user] how to copy a file's content to clipboard? Qiangning Hong
2005-08-12 16:19 ` Uwe Thiem [this message]
2005-08-12 16:43   ` Qiangning Hong
2005-08-12 17:01     ` Willie Wong
2005-08-12 19:20 ` Neil Bothwick

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