Hi, Dave Mielke (2026/02/12 13:35 -0500): > [quoted lines by Sébastien Hinderer on 2026/02/11 at 17:10 +0100] > > >That works indeed, thanks! I seemed to remeber that it didn't. So either > >I did something the wrong way when I tried, or perhaps could it be that > >there was a bug that has since been fixed? > > It's possible that that was an intirim bug when we added the ability > to copy from messages. I'm not sure. Anyway, what matters in the end > is that it works now.
Agreed > >Going a bit further: I think I'd still find it very useful to be able to > >pick words and accumulate them in the clipboard. Assuming this would be > >of interest to others, would it require two new commands, one to to > >start that mode, in addition to linear and rectangular, and one to add > >by word. Does that look right? > > It kind of gets comlicated because I can envision people wanting > multiule variants like should it or shouldn't it include punctuation. > Also, let's say that you're wanting to copy file names from a listing > and some of those names contain spaces. I certainly agree that there is not going to be an ideal way. But isn't it already the case that the proposed features do not cover all the possible use-cases? The one I mention, for instance, is not covered yet and, at the moment, that's it. If we add a feature it won't cover all the use-cases either, but it may still be an improvement over the current situation. Perhaps one could use a regexp so that users can customize word boundaries as they need them. Although I do realise that the regexp may vary between contexts. One other workflow I find cumbersome at themoment is copying lenthgy URLs. That, too, is something where I'd like to get more help from BRLTTY. I realise a first implementation won't necessarily be perfect, but I think it's by tseting that we can find out what we need; And even if not perfect, if it could improve copying URLs at least in some cases, I'd already be satisfaied. _______________________________________________ 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
