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Script to automate replacing text with w i d e text
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text-wide.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Author: Gwyndolyn Marchant <gwyn@shadenexus.com>
#
# Bind this to a keyboard shortcut and it should (hopefully) replace selected text with a w i d e version
windowid=$(xdotool getwindowfocus)
text=`xsel -o | sed -e 's/\(.\)/\1 /g'`
xdotool windowactivate --sync "$windowid" key Delete && xdotool type " ${text}"
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