Go to this URL and take a look at clipboard.pl: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/~ssilcot/macperl-primer/home.html Seems to be on the track you need... -Darryl Caldwell darrylc@eznet.com On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Dick Barker wrote: > I can't seem to find a way to move text from scrap (clipboard) > to a variable. Nothing found via shuck or any other place I > looked. > > I would like to create a simple droplett that would, when > activated, grab the text on the clipboard and append it to > a pre existing file. > > A few of these would make it much easier to collect snippits > of information without always having to open a file with an > editor just to paste something into it. > > Thanks > > > ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? > ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch > ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch