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From: "Jesús Guerrero" <i92guboj@×××××.es>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: keyboard copy paste
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:16:07
Message-Id: b6ce8a3111c3590bc0aed2f310ae383a.squirrel@jesgue.homelinux.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: keyboard copy paste by Harry Putnam
1 On Sun, August 30, 2009 19:20, Harry Putnam wrote:
2 > Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de> writes:
3 >
4 >
5 >> Am Sonntag, 30. August 2009 schrieb Harry Putnam:
6 >>
7 >>
8 >>> Now I want to paste whats on the clipboard into an Xterm cmd line,
9 >>> without going to the mouse.
10 >>>
11 >>> I'm running recent Xfce4 desktop... but not finding a way to do this.
12 >>>
13 >>>
14 >>> Can I just steal whatever events happen when middle click on three
15 >>> button mouse and put them into a keyboard shortcut?
16 >>>
17 >>> How might I do that?
18 >>>
19 >>
20 >> Pasting into an xterm or one of its clones can be done by Shift+Ins.
21 >>
22 >
23 > Haa... yes nice...
24 >
25 >
26 > How about a way to activate a hyperlink from keyboard?
27 >
28 >
29 > I have a list of videos that are displayed as hyperlinks on a web
30 > page.
31 >
32 > <Tab> will navigate to next and <shift><tab> to previous link and I see
33 > they are selected... but I find no keyboard action that does whatever a
34 > mouse click does to hyperlinks...[/quote]
35
36 That entirely depends on the browser you use. But usually it's enter
37 once you have the link selected. At least, that works on firefox
38 and seamonkey. I seem to remember the same holds true for konqueror,
39 not sure.
40
41 >
42 > I thought either <spc> or <enter> but neither of those activate the
43 > links. Also tried quite a few other keyboard combos, but never did find one
44 > that activates a hyperlink like a mouse click does.
45
46 If that doesn't work, then let us know which browser do you use.
47
48 --
49 Jesús Guerrero

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[gentoo-user] Re: keyboard copy paste Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>