Occasionally, I want to open a URL in a browser different from the "primary" one. As such, it would be nice if there were a key binding that instead copied the selected URL to the X11 primary or clipboard selection buffer, readying it for pasting in to the alternate browser (or editor, or wherever). I have no sense of how difficult it would be to implement this.
Thanks for your time,
Schwab
Directly? "Fundamentally infeasible." (do keep in mind that urlview isn't an X program at all)
Indirectly (runningxclip)? "Not very."I do this on occasion but I just double-click the URL to select it and then copy it. But I suppose the convenience factor of having a binding is certainly something to be said for. Mouse button 2 and y (yank, like in vi) can be probably bound to do this. Watch this space as I draft an implementation.
наб referenced this ticket in commit 33199b7.
Can you try current trunk? You should be able to press y (or RMB) to copy the URL to primary (set
XSELECTION clipboardfor clipboard).
On Sat, Oct 05, 2024 at 11:11:57PM +0000, ~nabijaczleweli wrote:
Can you try current trunk? You should be able to press y (or RMB) to copy the URL to primary (set
XSELECTION clipboardfor clipboard).An interesting coding approach. Obviously, the Debian packager will need to add
xclip | xselto the package's "Recommends" or "Suggests" list.Tested both new modes on some email messages from inside Mutt. Did exactly what I was hoping for. Thank you very kindly!
Schwab
Conveniently, that's me, and I already have
Suggests: xclip | xsel | wl-clipboardstaged locally :)