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On 2018-06-02 19:54, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> > I select some text in another program (maybe a valid URL, maybe |
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> > not), copy it to the clipboard. In Firefox, I click in the urlbar |
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> > or I press F6 enough times to get there and I type Control-V. And |
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> > nothing happens. I just tested it with a fresh empty firefox |
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> > profile and it still doesn't work. So at least it's not me doing |
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> > something wrong in about:config. |
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> If I want to do this, I hilite the text eg in a console on another |
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> desktop by dragging the mouse-pointer over it, then open a new tab via |
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> the FF toolbar & middle-click in the empty URL bar. |
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> Does this work for you ? |
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Yes, this has always worked, but is too mouse-intensive for me. |
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But I have found the solution; I will post about it in the other subthread. |
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Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, |
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if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. |
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To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists |
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which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com. |
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