xsay: add support for sselp and xclip; output error message

[grml-scripts.git] / usr_bin / xsay

diff --git a/usr_bin/xsay b/usr_bin/xsay
index 11242cb..6adab30 100755 (executable)
--- a/usr_bin/xsay
+++ b/usr_bin/xsay
@@ -7,14 +7,18 @@
 # Latest change: Fre Jul 14 01:29:42 CEST 2006 [mika]
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-if [ -x /usr/bin/wmiipsel ] ; then
-  flite -o play -t "$(wmiipsel)"
+if [ -x /usr/bin/sselp ] ; then       # package dwm-tools
+   flite -o play -t "$(sselp)"
+elif [ -x /usr/bin/xclip ] ; then     # package xclip
+   flite -o play -t "$(xclip -o)"
+elif [ -x /usr/bin/wmiipsel ] ; then  # old wmii package
+   flite -o play -t "$(wmiipsel)"
+elif [ -x /usr/bin/wmiiplumb ] ; then # old wmii package
+   flite -o play -t "$(wmiiplumb)"
+elif [ -x /usr/bin/wmiplumb ] ; then  # deprecated wmi package
+   flite -o play -t "$(wmiplumb)"
 else
-  if [ -x /usr/bin/wmiiplumb ] ; then
-    flite -o play -t "$(wmiiplumb)"
-  else
-    flite -o play -t "$(wmiplumb)"
-  fi
+  echo "error, no program for reading X selection found" | flite
 fi
 
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