I recently discovered something cool in KDE. Some of you already know this, some of you don't care, some of you don't use KDE, but maybe there's one or two of you who will find this helpful. (-:
If you launch klipper, aka Cut 'n' Paste History, then whenever you make a text selection that happens to be a URL (starts with http:// or https://) then a menu pops up in the lower right corner of your screen and lets you select from several browsers to open that URL. We already knew that. (Some of us did. Maybe.) Today's tip is, that menu also has keyboard shortcuts. For example, just type, 'M' to open the URL in Mozilla. That saves you the trouble of dragging the cursor all the way down to the very corner of the screen, then lining it up on a little bitty menu item. (My mousing skills aren't good. I have trouble selecting menu items quickly. I have trouble double-clicking too.) I've always found klipper to be a handy thing. Now that I know about its keyboard shortcuts, I like it even better. Some people don't care for klipper. I'm no missionary* -- if you don't like it, right-click** its icon in the panel (it looks like a clipboard with a K), and select Quit from the pop-up. Then say No when it asks whether it should start automatically. We hope you have enjoyed Today's KDE Tip. * I'm a Linux missionary, but not a Klipper missionary. ** Technically, that should be "button-3-click", for the Lefties. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
