Re: Getting X selection reliably (Re: idea for capture anywhere in x)

[Max Nikulin]

On 28/10/2022 11:59, Samuel Wales wrote:
> i launch emacs from xinit or fluxbox menu.  sometimes from a shell.  i
> run emacs as a cli batch thing from a shell.

Then you should always have an X11 Emacs frame, maybe behind other 
windows, and the following command should work

emacsclient --eval '(org-capture nil "p")'

with appropriate template key name, e.g. as defined by the following 
silly example:

("p" "primary" entry
       (file "/tmp/capture-test.org")
       "* Primary
%U

%(org-get-x-clipboard 'PRIMARY)
"
        :immediate-finish t)

However to be at the safe side I would check if (org-get-x-clipboard 
'PRIMARY) value is not nil at first.