INTRODUCTION
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Dragbox is a tool for connecting the commandline with the desktop environment. It summons a drag handle from nowhere when you are managing files or information in a shell, further empowering you in your workflow.

Dragbox accepts both drags and drops once started, and can be made to output dragged-to items to the standard output. You can also pipe text to dragbox, or a list of files using xargs.

Clicking an item copies it to the clipboard. Right-clicking opens a context menu with access to the preferences dialog.

For detailed commandline instructions, please read the included man page.

TIPS AND TRICKS
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Dragging in gnome works very well, but there are some undiscoverable tricks that can make some things easier. 
* Pressing modifier keys can switch between different types of drags; dragging a file to nautilus normally copies it, but you can hold shift to move it, or shift-ctrl to make a symlink!
* You can drag from any window without activating it by holding the altgr or super key when you drag. This is often very useful.
* You can bring up a minimized or obscured window while dragging by hovering momentarily over it's button in the window list (in the gnome-panel)
* If you selected something in a window and focus another window, it looks like the selection disappeared. In many cases it's still there, you can try to drag it without focusing the window (see above)
* Type escape while dragging to cancel the drag


INSTALLATION
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Dragbox requires Python v2.4 and the following python modules:
pygtk, gtk, gtk.glade, gnomevfs, gnome, gconf, dbus (should be optional)
Using Ubuntu, installing the packages python2.4-glade2 and python2.4-gnome2 should be enough

Installation is simple, just the usual:

./configure
make
make install

or perhaps preferably, checkinstall instead of make install.

There might be a problem with finding the way to the installed Python package. Dragbox uses a script to do some manual searching if needed, this should work; if not, investigate the use of PYTHONPATH.
Limitation: If you install using DESTDIR, --bindir has to be "inside" --prefix, otherwise Dragbox won't find the way to its .glade datafiles.
CREDITS
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Dragbox is licensed under the GNU GPL
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

By Ulrik Sverdrup
ulrik.sverdrup@gmail.com
http://www.student.lu.se/~cif04usv/