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Re: OT: Copying a URL from a text browser (was: Re: text browsers)



On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Randy Kramer <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe it can be done readily in lynx and I just haven't spotted how to do it?

I have ~/.lynx/external to which I just added this line:
EXTERNAL:http:echo %s | xsel -i:TRUE


Then I can navigate to a link and hit the `.' key.  If there are more
than one commands registered for a particular protocol (http in this
case, which covers https), lynx will pop up a selection menu,
otherwise it'll just run it.

Though, in this case you could just as easily register something like:
EXTERNAL:http:firefox -new-tab %s:TRUE

Actually, looks like out of the box, lynx comes configured for running
x-www-browser, so whatever you have for your default browser should
kick in (but may not be what you want for new-tab, new-window,
profile, etc.

mrc


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