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180602 Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> I select some text in another program (maybe a valid URL, maybe not), |
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> 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. |
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> And nothing happens. I just tested it |
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> with a fresh empty firefox profile and it still doesn't work. |
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> So at least it's not me doing 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 desktop |
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by dragging the mouse-pointer over it, |
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then open a new tab via the FF toolbar & middle-click in the empty URL bar. |
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I just did it with /usr/local/bkp-day/flexity.ref , |
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which is a file in my system, & FF displayed it correctly to my surprise |
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(it knows to put 'file://' in front of the copied text). |
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I did the same with the text of this e-mail, using Vim + Mutt, |
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& it also displays in an empty tab. My desktop manager is KDE. |
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Does this work for you ? |
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