Re: odd question re man pages

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:01:05AM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
> 
> debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday.
>  
> I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are 
> underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but clicking 
> the link does not do anything.  Is it supposed to send the default browser 
> to that page? If so, where should I check for the broken linkage?
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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Hi Gene,

First things first - check /etc/debian-version - if you're up to date, that
should be 11.2.

In a terminal: left click might not do anything but right click will bring
up a menu for me which allows me to open the link.

So: man apt, for example, has a URL for bugs at the bottom: if I right click
that underlined link, I get the option to open it / copy it or whatever.

Hope this helps: all the very best, as ever,

Andrew Cater

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