Running command with Fluxbox keys.

Abbaddon · 10-27-2012, 04:12 AM

Hello,

I'm running Fluxbox. I've been doing some work with windows and run into the issue of copying and pasting from windows (via rdesktop) into a shell terminal. I installed xclip to get myself the chance to dump my clipboard into my shell terminal by running this command

Code:

xclip -selection clipboard -o

But I created an alias to do this by running xclip.

I'm wondering if I can somehow create a keybinding via the keys file to run this command when I right click. Doing this in any window would be ideal, but I'd to do it with my terminal.

;TLDR I want to run a command when I right click using Fluxbox keybindings.

Edit: I'd like to bind this to my Mouse Right click button

Thanks in advance!

Sylvester Ink · 10-27-2012, 05:06 AM

In your keys file, add the following line:
OnWindow Mouse3 :Exec SCRIPTNAME

More info on fluxbox key commands here:
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Keyboard_shortcuts

Abbaddon · 10-27-2012, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylvester Ink

In your keys file, add the following line:
OnWindow Mouse3 :Exec SCRIPTNAME

More info on fluxbox key commands here:
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Keyboard_shortcuts

Thanks for the reply, but it didn't seem to work.

I've tried the following and all don't work.

Code:

#OnWindow Mouse3 :Exec xclip -selection clipboard -o
OnWindow Mouse3 :ExecCommand ~/.fluxbox/scripts/xscript.sh
#OnWindow Mouse3 :Exec {xclip}

Abbaddon · 10-28-2012, 02:45 AM

Anyone else have any idea's? It doesn't have to using fluxbox keybindings. I'm down for any software with this functionality.

Edit: I'm running Gentoo

Sylvester Ink · 10-28-2012, 03:50 AM

The reason the mouseclick method won't work is that it's not running the command in that specific terminal.
If you just want to copy/paste, why not use your mouse's middle click to paste selected text? Another method to paste text from the clipboard is to press shift+insert in the terminal. As long as rdesktop is configured to copy to your clipboard, these methods should work.

Abbaddon · 10-28-2012, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylvester Ink

The reason the mouseclick method won't work is that it's not running the command in that specific terminal.
If you just want to copy/paste, why not use your mouse's middle click to paste selected text? Another method to paste text from the clipboard is to press shift+insert in the terminal. As long as rdesktop is configured to copy to your clipboard, these methods should work.

Thanks for the reply. I do use my middle mouse click to paste from my local machine. I'm talking about pasting from a remote desktop session with ctrl+c. I can paste it just fine on my local machine via ctrl+v into a browser or libre office. But I can't ctrl+v into my terminal. Does that make sense? Two seperate clipboards.

Sylvester Ink · 10-29-2012, 12:24 AM

Yeah, I got that. I'm just not as familiar with rdesktop. I believe there's an option to share the clipboard when you run it (I think you have to set it from the windows machine), but I have no way of testing it. Perhaps someone who is more familiar with the software could jump in?

Abbaddon · 11-02-2012, 09:34 PM

Anyone have any other solutions?