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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: multi-line URIs
From:       Samuel Sieb <samuel () sieb ! net>
Date:       2019-01-27 0:47:02
Message-ID: dd9a7c3a-b70c-1d6a-f8b4-8a270372e49b () sieb ! net
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On 1/25/19 3:14 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> When selection a multi-line URI in a terminal window
> I've noticed two behaviors.  Some will ?ignore? the
> extra lines and only select to the end of the first
> line.  Others will select the entire URI, typically
> to an ending ">".  Obviously I would prefer the latter.
> 
> Is this behavior terminal specific, i.e. gnome-terminal
> vs mate-terminal vs xterm.  Or is it a configuration
> parameter that I've not found?

I use gnome-terminal and I've seen both behaviours.  It seems to depend 
on how the text has been printed in some way.  If a program is just 
dumping output to the screen, then usually if I mouse over it, I can see 
the whole link marked.  In that case, right-click, copy link will get 
the whole thing.  But for example, if I'm using less to view a file with 
urls, the link will get cut off at the edge of the screen.  I assume 
that the terminal is aware that it has wrapped the line, because in 
those cases, if you change the size of the terminal, it will re-wrap the 
lines to the new size.
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