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edit-clipboard.sh
# This works when run from a shell:
#!/bin/sh
tmpfile=`mktemp /tmp/edit-clipboard.XXXXXX`
xclip -d localhost:1 -o > "$tmpfile"
"$EDITOR" "$tmpfile"
xclip -d localhost:1 -i "$tmpfile"
rm "$tmpfile"
# This doesn't work:
#!/bin/sh
export EDITOR=gvim
edit-clipboard
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