diff --git a/src/excmds.ts b/src/excmds.ts
index 23d598b3..98781db0 100644
--- a/src/excmds.ts
+++ b/src/excmds.ts
@@ -2452,14 +2452,15 @@ import * as tri_editor from "@src/lib/editor"
 // {
 for (let editorfn in tri_editor) {
     // Re-expose every editor function as a text.$fn excmd that will forward the call to $fn to the commandline frame if it is selected or apply $fn to the last used input if it isn't
-    SELF["text." + editorfn] = () => {
-        if ((document.activeElement as any).src === browser.extension.getURL("static/commandline.html")) return Messaging.messageOwnTab("commandline_frame", "editor_function", [editorfn])
-        return tri_editor[editorfn](DOM.getLastUsedInput())
+    SELF["text." + editorfn] = (arg) => {
+        if ((document.activeElement as any).src === browser.extension.getURL("static/commandline.html")) return Messaging.messageOwnTab("commandline_frame", "editor_function", [editorfn].concat(arg))
+        return tri_editor[editorfn](DOM.getLastUsedInput(), arg)
     }
 }
 for (let fn in cmdframe_fns) {
-    SELF["ex." + fn] = () => (Messaging.messageOwnTab as any)("commandline_frame", ...cmdframe_fns[fn])
+    SELF["ex." + fn] = (...args) => (Messaging.messageOwnTab as any)("commandline_frame", cmdframe_fns[fn][0], cmdframe_fns[fn][1].concat(args))
 }
+
 // }
 
 //#background_helper
@@ -2467,11 +2468,11 @@ for (let fn in cmdframe_fns) {
 for (let editorfn in tri_editor) {
     let name = "text." + editorfn
     cmd_params.set(name, new Map([]))
-    BGSELF[name] = () => messageActiveTab("excmd_content", name, [])
+    BGSELF[name] = (...args) => messageActiveTab("excmd_content", name, args)
 }
 for (let fn in cmdframe_fns) {
     cmd_params.set("ex." + fn, new Map(cmdframe_fns[fn][1].map((a, i) => [`${i}`, typeof a] as [string, string])))
-    BGSELF["ex." + fn] = () => messageActiveTab("commandline_frame", ...cmdframe_fns[fn])
+    BGSELF["ex." + fn] = (...args) => messageActiveTab("commandline_frame", cmdframe_fns[fn][0], cmdframe_fns[fn][1].concat(args))
 }
 // }
 
@@ -2525,8 +2526,10 @@ async function setclip(str) {
  * @hidden
  */
 //#background_helper
-async function getclip() {
-    if ((await config.getAsync("putfrom")) == "clipboard") {
+async function getclip(fromm?: "clipboard" | "selection") {
+    if (fromm == undefined)
+        fromm = (await config.getAsync("putfrom"))
+    if (fromm == "clipboard") {
         return messageActiveTab("commandline_frame", "getClipboard")
     } else {
         return Native.clipboard("get", "")
@@ -2555,7 +2558,7 @@ async function getclip() {
 
 */
 //#background
-export async function clipboard(excmd: "open" | "yank" | "yankshort" | "yankcanon" | "yanktitle" | "yankmd" | "tabopen" = "open", ...toYank: string[]) {
+export async function clipboard(excmd: "open" | "yank" | "yankshort" | "yankcanon" | "yanktitle" | "yankmd" | "xselpaste" | "tabopen" = "open", ...toYank: string[]) {
     let content = toYank.join(" ")
     let url = ""
     let urls = []
@@ -2602,6 +2605,12 @@ export async function clipboard(excmd: "open" | "yank" | "yankshort" | "yankcano
             url = await getclip()
             url && tabopen(url)
             break
+        case "xselpaste":
+            content = await getclip("selection")
+            if (content.length > 0) {
+                BGSELF["text.insert_text"](content)
+            }
+            break
         default:
             // todo: maybe we should have some common error and error handler
             throw new Error(`[clipboard] unknown excmd: ${excmd}`)
diff --git a/src/lib/editor.ts b/src/lib/editor.ts
index 9c9a1695..237b3dd7 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type editor_function = (
     text: string,
     start: number,
     end: number,
+    arg?: any,
 ) => [string, number, number]
 
 /** @hidden
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ function setContentEditableValues(e, text, start, end) {
  * @return boolean Whether the editor function was actually called or not
  *
  **/
-function wrap_input(fn: editor_function): (e: HTMLElement) => boolean {
-    return (e: HTMLElement) => {
+function wrap_input(fn: editor_function): (e: HTMLElement, arg?: any) => boolean {
+    return (e: HTMLElement, arg?: any) => {
         let getValues = getSimpleValues
         let setValues = setSimpleValues
         if (e.isContentEditable) {
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ function wrap_input(fn: editor_function): (e: HTMLElement) => boolean {
         }
         const [origText, origStart, origEnd] = getValues(e)
         if (origText === null || origStart === null) return false
-        setValues(e, ...fn(origText, origStart, origEnd))
+        setValues(e, ...fn(origText, origStart, origEnd, arg))
         return true
     }
 }
@@ -139,8 +140,8 @@ function wrap_input(fn: editor_function): (e: HTMLElement) => boolean {
 /** @hidden
  * Take an editor function as parameter and wrap it in a function that will handle error conditions
  */
-function needs_text(fn: editor_function): editor_function {
-    return (text: string, selectionStart: number, selectionEnd: number) => {
+function needs_text(fn: editor_function, arg?: any): editor_function {
+    return (text: string, selectionStart: number, selectionEnd: number, arg?: any) => {
         if (
             text.length === 0 ||
             selectionStart === null ||
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ function needs_text(fn: editor_function): editor_function {
             text,
             selectionStart,
             typeof selectionEnd == "number" ? selectionEnd : selectionStart,
+            arg
         )
     }
 }
@@ -605,3 +607,13 @@ export const backward_word = wrap_input(
         return [null, boundaries[0], null]
     },
 )
+
+/**
+ * Insert text in the current input.
+ **/
+export const insert_text = wrap_input((text, selectionStart, selectionEnd, arg) => {
+    return [text.slice(0, selectionStart) + arg + text.slice(selectionEnd),
+        selectionStart + arg.length,
+        null
+    ]
+})