dwymark/copy-to-chat

## copy-to-chat
#!/bin/bash

CHAT=/home/$USER/.local/bin/chatgpt-cli
TEMP_FILE="/tmp/selection_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).txt"

xclip -o -selection primary > "$TEMP_FILE"
xfce4-terminal -e "bash -c '$CHAT -c $TEMP_FILE ; sleep 5'"

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    This is a Bash script designed to be bound to a keyboard shortcut. It takes the currently highlighted selection from the xwindows clipboard, sends it to chatgpt-cli as context, and display the response in a new XFCE4 terminal window. This way you can conveniently start at a chat about any text that you are working on, across all applications.
Requirements

To use this script, you will need to have the following installed on your system:

xclip: A command line utility to interact with the clipboard in X11.
xfce4-terminal: The XFCE terminal emulator.
chatgpt-cli: A command line interface tool for ChatGPT. Refer to the repo for instructions on how to configure it. You can install chatgpt-cli with pipx as below:

pipx install git+https://github.com/marcolardera/chatgpt-cli
Installation


Install xclip and xfce4-terminal if they are not already installed on your system. This can typically be done via your distribution's package manager. For example:

sudo apt-get install xclip xfce4-terminal


Install the chatgpt-cli tool as per its documentation and ensure it is in the expected directory.


Place the script file in a directory on the path, making sure that it has execution permissions. i.e.,


mv copy-to-chat /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/copy-to-chat

If you are on XFCE, you can bind this script to a keyboard shortcut by going into Settings > Keyboard > Application Shortcuts.
	#!/bin/bash

	CHAT=/home/$USER/.local/bin/chatgpt-cli
	TEMP_FILE="/tmp/selection_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).txt"

	xclip -o -selection primary > "$TEMP_FILE"
	xfce4-terminal -e "bash -c '$CHAT -c $TEMP_FILE ; sleep 5'"