Python 3 installation instructions

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+cmd2 can be installed from PyPI by ``easy_install`` or ``pip``.
+
+Development trunk can be downloaded with mercurial::
+
+  hg clone http://hg.assembla.com/python-cmd2
+
+To install from the trunk, ``cd python-cmd2`` and run ``python setup.py install`` or ``python setup.py develop`` (requires setuptools).
+
+Python 3
+--------
+
+The Python 3 egg downloaded from PyPI or installed by ``pip`` or ``easy_install`` is ready to go.
+
+To install from source for Python 3::
+
+  2to3 -w cmd2.py
+  python3 setup.py install
+  
+
+  
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diff --git a/cmd2.py b/cmd2.py
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                 can_clip = True
         except Exception: # hate a bare Exception call, but exception classes vary too much b/t stdlib versions
             pass
+    except Exception:
+        pass # something went wrong with xclip and we cannot use it
     if can_clip:    
         def get_paste_buffer():
             xclipproc = subprocess.Popen('xclip -o -sel clip', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)