pipeclip

This program pops open your $EDITOR or $VISUAL, takes whatever you inputted into the file, and pipes it to the X clipboard.

As such, this program only works on Linux and BSD.

I've tested it on Arch Linux and FreeBSD.

Installation

pipeclip is written in Haskell, so please install Haskell first: https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell/blob/master/install.md.

You also need to have xclip or xsel installed.

Then,

cabal install pipeclip

Usage

pipeclip v.0.1.0.0
Copyright (c) 2015, Peter Harpending.
Licensed under the FreeBSD license. See --license for info.

OPTIONS
    -h,--help             Show this page
    --license             Print out the license.
    --stdout              Print output to stdout instead of piping to the clipboard.
    -t,--template EXT     Name the temporary file the editor edits tmp.EXT so that 
                          it has highlighting and stuff.