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



On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 07:51:17AM -0500, Randy Kramer wrote:
> The only problem is the aggravating yahoo URLs that are very long--I just 
> checked one that is 537 characters long.  So, far, with middle mouse button 
> copying, I am not able to copy that from the one line display at the bottom 
> of the screen.  (I suspect it can't be done.)

Press the '=' key. 

Amongst some other (possibly useful) info is:
Under 'Link that you currently have selected'
Linkname: <text of linkname>
URL: <possibly very long URL>

Now you can easily copy just the text of the URL one line at a time.

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