Dear all, I assume that it is a current workflow to have a list of filenames displayed on screen as output of ls or git status or find etc. and to accumulate them in the clipboard to then paste them onto another command-line.
In my case this workflow is so frequent that I'd like it to become even easier. More specifically, currently adding a filename to the clipboard involves two operations: (1) beginning the copy operation by marking the beginning of the filename and (2) ending the copy and concatenating to the clipboard by marking the end of the filename. In addition to these two operations, if one wants the names to concatenate well, one has to make sure to include spaces in the concatenation and these spaces have to appear at the beginning of the copied regions, otherwise they won't be taken into account if I am not mistaken. I see two things that could be considered to make the workflow easier. On the one hand, one could imagine an accumulation mode where it is implicit that what is being accumulated has to be separated by spaces so that one would not have to take care of that. On the other hand, it could be explored whether two operations are really necessary to add a filename to the clipboard. Couldn't we, for instance, imagine to enter a context where each click on a routing key (in combination with another key) would simply take the word around that click and add its content to the clipboard, with a space before it if the clipboard is non-empty? Sure, that last suggestion would not quite work for filenames containing spaces. Still, that would make this kind of accumulation of filenames so much easier, it feels. Best wishes, Sébastien. _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
