On Friday, January 7, 2022 6:16:21 AM EST David wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:59, gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > On Friday, January 7, 2022 5:21:03 AM EST David wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > > > debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday. > > > > > > > > I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that > > > > are > > > > underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but > > > > clicking > > > > the link does not do anything. Is it supposed to send the default > > > > browser to that page? If so, where should I check for the broken > > > > linkage? > > > > > > Hi. Well, you need to install whatever the terminal program calls to > > > implement this functionality (plus a default browser obviously). > > > Possibly 'xdg-open' utility in the 'xdg-utils' package. Works here. > > > It might need configuration, I can't remember. Try it and see. > > > > That is installed, but I can't find a configurator for it. And I am a > > heavy user of mc but the file menu popup steals the F10 key, also a > > pita. But there is not an F10 checked in the settings for xfce or > > konsole that I can find. > > Did you test it? For example: > $ xdg-open http://google.com > > If that works, then look for a way to configure your terminal emulator > to use it. What terminal emulator are you using? konsole? > > Search for example: > "konsole xdg-open how" finds lots of info. > > I can't help with konsole, I don't use it.
Thanks, I'll do the search when I get warmed back up. My furnace failed late yesterday afternoon, 7+" of snow and 17F out ths morning. Mite chilly around the edges for a guy with diabetic feet. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
