Great idea -- here's a slightly modified version that works on Ubuntu: <a href="https://gist.github.com/4238621" rel="nofollow">https://gist.github.com/4238621</a>
This reminds me of a difficult linux-Xwindows type question that I've had for years:<p><pre><code> How can you paste from the secondary clipboard buffer (usually this is by using the middle mouse button), via the keyboard?</code></pre>