Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, January 7, 2022 6:38:14 PM EST Ralph Katz wrote: > On 1/7/22 03:01, gene heskett wrote: > ... > > > 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

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Ralph Katz
On 1/7/22 03:01, gene heskett wrote: ... 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

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Curt
On 2022-01-07, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I use the Shift + Right-click trick to get the menu in applications that > seem to block Gnome Terminal's handling of the URL. I've found the > trick useful with Mutt and Midnight Commander. > I see. I only experimented in a man page.

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2022 07 Jan 10:26 -0600, Curt wrote: > On 2022-01-07, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > Did you try Shift + Right-click and select "Open Link" or some such in > > your terminal? That is what works for me in Gnome Terminal. > > > > This is what works for me in gnome-terminal: > > URL

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, January 7, 2022 6:41:45 AM EST Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > cat /etc/debian_version 11.2 And now I see how it works since it does that way, thank you. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, January 7, 2022 8:05:59 AM EST Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:59:36 -0500 > gene heskett wrote: > > ... > > > 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

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, January 7, 2022 6:16:21 AM EST David wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:59, gene heskett wrote: > > On Friday, January 7, 2022 5:21:03 AM EST David wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett wrote: > > > > debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday. > > > > > > > >

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Curt
On 2022-01-07, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Did you try Shift + Right-click and select "Open Link" or some such in > your terminal? That is what works for me in Gnome Terminal. > This is what works for me in gnome-terminal: URL detection[edit] GNOME Terminal parses the output and automatically

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2022 07 Jan 04:01 -0600, gene heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > 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

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 08:13:42AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 01:09:38PM -, Curt wrote: > > I'd rather just cut and paste the URI in the always-open browser, but > > then again I've never had that old hacker spirit. > > That's what I do too. I like my terminals to

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 01:09:38PM -, Curt wrote: > I'd rather just cut and paste the URI in the always-open browser, but > then again I've never had that old hacker spirit. That's what I do too. I like my terminals to be relatively frill-free. Obviously that's just my preference, and I know

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Curt
On 2022-01-07, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 11:41:45AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:01:05AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: >> > I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are > >> In a terminal: left click might not do

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:59:36 -0500 gene heskett wrote: ... > 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 >

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 11:41:45AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:01:05AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are > In a terminal: left click might not do anything but right click will bring > up a menu

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:01:05AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > 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

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread David
On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:59, gene heskett wrote: > On Friday, January 7, 2022 5:21:03 AM EST David wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett 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

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, January 7, 2022 5:21:03 AM EST David wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett 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

Re: odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread David
On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett 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

odd question re man pages

2022-01-07 Thread gene heskett
Greetings all; 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