Dave Mielke, le sam. 21 févr. 2026 11:51:46 -0500, a ecrit: > [quoted lines by Sébastien Hinderer on 2026/02/21 at 10:11 +0100] > >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?
To put a bit of experience into the discussion: when double-clicking with a mouse in a terminal, the selection is made for a whole url, looking by itself for both the beginning and end. Samuel _______________________________________________ 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
