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

2012-03-04 Thread Chris Bannister
[Please, don't top post!] On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 04:56:07PM -0500, Randy Kramer wrote: I have lynx installed on my machine, and tried a quick look at it, but is not immediately obvious how to get the URL for a link. Start lynx, press 'o' The options menu will appear. Press the 'down arrow'

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

2012-03-04 Thread Randy Kramer
Chris, Thanks very much! Another helpful idea. One problem is noted below... On Sunday 04 March 2012 05:45:22 am Chris Bannister wrote: Start lynx, press 'o' The options menu will appear. Press the 'down arrow' until you get to the 'User mode' option just under 'General Preferences'. (The

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

2012-03-04 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 04 March 2012 12:51:17 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.  

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

2012-03-04 Thread Chris Bannister
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

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

2012-03-04 Thread Randy Kramer
On Sunday 04 March 2012 10:31:41 am Lisi wrote: On Sunday 04 March 2012 12:51:17 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

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

2012-03-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sun, 4 Mar 2012, Randy Kramer wrote: On Sunday 04 March 2012 10:31:41 am Lisi wrote: On Sunday 04 March 2012 12:51:17 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

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

2012-03-04 Thread Greg Donoghue
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.) I find

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

2012-03-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Hijacking this thread thinking I might have a good audience for my question: Is there a text based browser that makes it easy to copy a URL (with, e.g., the middle mouse button) to paste it in another (graphical) browser? I have lynx installed on my machine, and tried a quick look at it, but

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

2012-03-03 Thread Jasper Noë
In lynx you can make bookmarks with the 'a' button. Combine that with a bookmark in your graphical browser to ~/lynx_bookmarks.html That is all. --Jasper. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

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

2012-03-03 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:56:07 -0500, Randy Kramer wrote: Hijacking this thread Then don't. Start a new one, or better still, do a little research first. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

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

2012-03-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Jasper, Excellent--exactly what I needed! Thank you very much! Randy Kramer On Saturday 03 March 2012 05:31:38 pm Jasper Noë wrote: In lynx you can make bookmarks with the 'a' button. Combine that with a bookmark in your graphical browser to ~/lynx_bookmarks.html That is all. --Jasper.

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

2012-03-03 Thread Mike Castle
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Randy Kramer rhkra...@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.

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

2012-03-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Mike, Another excellent approach--thanks! Unfortunately, I've now realized that lynx doesn't display some of the links that I'm interested in--I think because they may be generated by javascript (or java), so I now need to look for a text browser that runs those. I understand edbrowse might