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Re: odd question re man pages



* On 2022 07 Jan 10:26 -0600, Curt wrote:
> On 2022-01-07, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
> >
> > Did you try Shift + Right-click and select "Open Link" or some such in
> > your terminal?  That is what works for me in Gnome Terminal.
> >
> 
> This is what works for me in gnome-terminal:
> 
>  URL detection[edit]
>  GNOME Terminal parses the output and automatically detects snippets of
>  text that appear to be URLs or email addresses.[2] When a user points
>  to a URL, the text is automatically underlined, indicating that the
>  user may click. Upon clicking, the appropriate application will open to
>  access that resource.
> 
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Terminal
> 
> Of course, the phrase "the appropriate application will open" is kind of a mixture
> of wishful thinking and convenient simplification, though it should
> normally be your default browser. 

I use the Shift + Right-click trick to get the menu in applications that
seem to block Gnome Terminal's handling of the URL.  I've found the
trick useful with Mutt and Midnight Commander.

- Nate

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