Re: odd question re man pages
On Friday, January 7, 2022 6:16:21 AM EST David wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:59, gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> > On Friday, January 7, 2022 5:21:03 AM EST David wrote:
> > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
wrote:
> > > > 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?
> > >
> > > Hi. Well, you need to install whatever the terminal program calls to
> > > implement this functionality (plus a default browser obviously).
> > > Possibly 'xdg-open' utility in the 'xdg-utils' package. Works here.
> > > It might need configuration, I can't remember. Try it and see.
> >
> > That is installed, but I can't find a configurator for it. And I am a
> > heavy user of mc but the file menu popup steals the F10 key, also a
> > pita. But there is not an F10 checked in the settings for xfce or
> > konsole that I can find.
>
> Did you test it? For example:
> $ xdg-open http://google.com
>
> If that works, then look for a way to configure your terminal emulator
> to use it. What terminal emulator are you using? konsole?
>
> Search for example:
> "konsole xdg-open how" finds lots of info.
>
> I can't help with konsole, I don't use it.
Thanks, I'll do the search when I get warmed back up. My furnace failed late
yesterday afternoon, 7+" of snow and 17F out ths morning. Mite chilly around
the edges for a guy with diabetic feet.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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