[Novalug] Ubuntu: a neat thing about terminals and urls i did not know

[Bonnie Dalzell]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Ed James wrote:

EJ >Woot! I tried that using Gnome Terminal under FC6.  "Open Link" fires
EJ >up a browser for that link.  Never knew that before.  Also didn't
EJ >know that Gnome Terminal can have multiple tabs open, just like a
EJ >browser can.
EJ >
there is another terminal you can also install called terminator which 
allows you to split the terminal into side by side terminals


EJ >Ed James
EJ >
EJ >
EJ >> I have Ubuntu Hardy
EJ >>
EJ >> by accident the other day i discovered this
EJ >>
EJ >> i am reading an e-mail in pine which is a terminal based mail program.
EJ >>
EJ >> there is a link to a webstite displayed in the e-mail.
EJ >>
EJ >> i place the curser over it to copy the link and paste it in my browser.
EJ >>
EJ >> by accident i push down the right mouse button before highlighting the
EJ >> link and the drop down menu from the mouse shows "open link" as the first
EJ >> choice. i choose open link and the link opens IN MY BROWSER!. I tried it
EJ >> with the browser closed down and the OS launched the browser and then
EJ >> opened the link. I knew this happened in GUI apps but I was pleased to see
EJ >> it happen in apps displayed in a terminal.
EJ >>
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                       Bonnie Dalzell, MA
mail:5100 Hydes Rd PO Box 60, Hydes,MD,USA 21082-0060|EMAIL:bdalzell at qis.net

freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog
breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com.
Editor Net.Pet Online Animal Magazine  - http://www.netpetmagazine.com
HOME http://www.qis.net/~borzoi/          BUSINESS http://www.batw.com