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append selected text to a txt, in order to gather notes

hello!

I would like with one keyboard shortcut or mouse shortcut to append the text I have selected to a txt/doc file, after a newline inserted

is it possible?

thanks!

Well. I am running right now Linux Mint 13 MATE version. So I opened a text file next to the browser. Then I left click at the start of your post, drag the mouse to the end (from "hello! ... to ... thanks!" and then release the mouse leaving the text highlighted. Then I roll the mouse over the highlighted text until the cursor changed, then left click and drag to my text file. The text seems to float accross the screen and when I release the button on my text file, it is pasted in.

It is a detailed description, but it is a two step process I think so it might not be what you need.

1) selected text with mouse
2) drag and drop the selection into the txt file

This is firefox 14.01.

I tried the same between two text files and it works as well.

Next to this computer I have the Fedora 17 KDE. This process works here too if I select from browser, drag to email and drop, then select in email and drag to text file and drop.

EDIT:
I just find that when I select the text, then mouse over the txt file and press the wheel (center mouse button) the text is also pasted right in. So if you have a center wheel on your mouse you can select and then click. It might still be two steps though.

Install the xsel application (xclip will work too), to allow you scripting access the visual selection. Then just set up a hotkey (using the binding feature your desktop offers, or xbindkeys) to run a simple script like this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash



echo >> "$1"

xsel >> "$1"



exit 0

The first and only argument for the script will be the name of the file you want to use, so the command for your hotkey will be:

Code:

/path/to/scriptname /path/to/filename