Looking for an App for clipboard management...

[Paul Lussier]

Brian Chabot <brian at datasquire.net> writes:

> Uhh... That staff is me.  And the text files are there.  I'm getting
> sick of switching to a text editor.  There is no import function in
> filling out forms, so it:
>
> 1. Find the right response file. (Easy enough)
> 2. Open it to a text editor (or leave it open)
> 3. CTRL-a CTRL-c
> 4. ALT-TAB
> 5. CTRL-v

Or, use mozex and configure it to run 'xterm -e vi %f' and everytime
you update the buffer in vi, the field on the browser gets updated
too.  I use this with firefox and emacs daily. It's made editing our
local MediaWiki almost painless!

> So far, GCM is the closest... but the dang thing is so unstable it's
> amazing.  Save your changes and you got a 60% change of it crashing and
> spewing a core dump.  Open a config with one error and it dumps core. 
> And the XML config uses a byte counter to verify the size of the
> contents... making editing by hand a PITA.

Yeah, that's why I stay away from pointy-clicky things as much as
possible :) Btw, emacs with w3m.el is a *great* way to fill out forms
on a web page!
-- 
Seeya,
Paul