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20 changes: 14 additions & 6 deletions texpander.sh
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# Preserve the current value of the clipboard
clipboard=$(xsel -b -o)

# Put text in primary buffer for Shift+Insert pasting
echo -n "$(cat "$path")" | xsel -p -i

# Put text in clipboard selection for apps like Firefox that
# insist on using the clipboard for all pasting
echo -n "$(cat "$path")" | xsel -b -i
if [ "${path: -4}" == ".cmd" ]
then
# Put text in primary buffer for Shift+Insert pasting
echo -n $($(cat "$path")) | xsel -p -i
# Put text in clipboard selection for apps like Firefox that
# insist on using the clipboard for all pasting
echo -n $($(cat "$path")) | xsel -b -i
else
# Put text in primary buffer for Shift+Insert pasting
echo -n "$(cat "$path")" | xsel -p -i
# Put text in clipboard selection for apps like Firefox that
# insist on using the clipboard for all pasting
echo -n "$(cat "$path")" | xsel -b -i
fi

# Paste text into current active window
sleep 0.3
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