[quoted lines by Sébastien Hinderer on 2026/02/21 at 10:11 +0100] >> Do you have any suggestions as to possible key combinations for it? > >Sadly, not immediately.
Okay. Right now, the command is defined and works but the binding doesn't. I'll try to think of one. >I do not understand why the manual uses the word >`cut` as hwat we do is really copy text andnever cut it? That was written a long time ago, i.e. when the commands were CUT... rather than COPY..., so it's just ancient history. >given how the section introduceds hthe >need for copy andpast for long txt, I think the smaprt copy will be a >great addition to it. Probably, yes. The real problem, though, is that it's out of date and there are other missing commands, too. >I am just wondring how it will fit in the current framework because what >the manal says is that one should start by selecting the beginingof the >region one wants to manipulate. That's the way those commands work. >If I understand the current implementaiton of smart copy this >requirement of selecting the beginning is removed. Yes. >I am not sure I am found of that. I think even for a smart copy I'd >prefer the smartness to go to the right from where I selected, not to >the left. To me that owuld be more coherent with how things already >work. But, in this case, do we want that kind of strict consistency? Your origial complaint was that it's hard to find the end of a URL. In theory, it's equally hard to find the beginning of a URL. So why not just let the software do the work in both directions. Isn't that provided ease more important than an obscure kind of consistency? >Also, coming back to the manual, perhaps things could be made clearer by >fisrst explaining what can be copied, i.e. rectangular or linear areas >of the screen, before turning to the steps. I'm sure that documentation could be clarified. >Also, in each of the two first steps, there are two sub-items that start >with "invoke". Perhaps the manual could emphasize that it's either one >or the other? At the moment they are listed in sequence and, although it >is unordered lists that are used it may be helpful to clarify even >further that it's not the two invokcations that need to be performed, >but ratherone of them? Again, there are probably much better ways to write that section. >I'm happy to propose an update to the manual once we agree on these >things and on whether smart copy should be looking also at the left of >the character that has been selected (I think not). I always accept constructive updates. One thing to bear in mind, though, is that - really - the whole manual is out-of-date. I hate writing in that style of SGML and no one has offered to help. My latest custom - over the last several yers - has been to provide READMEs on various topics. -- I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/ Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/ EMail: [email protected] | Ottawa, Ontario | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada K2A 1H7 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://mielke.cc/xmother.html (Letter from a Feminist ex-Mother) _______________________________________________ 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
