Speaking of pseudo-device drivers on irc reminded me that I'd really really like to have plan9's /dev/snarf on *nix, because it so easy to work with, just read from or write to this single file for all of your copy-pasting needs. No offense to the people behind xclip, but using it feels like flipping a coin some times. Maybe that's just X11's fault I'm not sure...

Edit: Almost forgot to add that I meant 'easy to work with' from the perspective of writing quick scripts that use the clipboard and not big standalone programs.