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Snippet to yank current Chrome URL into Emacs buffer
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yu.el
(defun yank-url-from-chrome ()
"Grab the current URL from Chrome and yank into point."
(interactive)
(shell-command
"xdotool search --onlyvisible --class Chrome windowfocus key ctrl+l key ctrl+c")
(shell-command
"xdotool search --onlyvisible --class Emacs windowfocus key ctrl+y"))
(defalias 'yu 'yank-url-from-chrome)
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