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Re: odd question re man pages

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On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:01:05AM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
> 
> debian 11.1, 64 bit net-install updated yesterday.
>  
> I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are 
> underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but clicking 
> the link does not do anything.  Is it supposed to send the default browser 
> to that page? If so, where should I check for the broken linkage?
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
> -- 
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>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
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>  - Louis D. Brandeis
> Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
> 

Hi Gene,

First things first - check /etc/debian-version - if you're up to date, that
should be 11.2.

In a terminal: left click might not do anything but right click will bring
up a menu for me which allows me to open the link.

So: man apt, for example, has a URL for bugs at the bottom: if I right click
that underlined link, I get the option to open it / copy it or whatever.

Hope this helps: all the very best, as ever,

Andrew Cater

> 
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odd question re man pages gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-07 11:10 +0100
  Re: odd question re man pages David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2022-01-07 11:30 +0100
    Re: odd question re man pages gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-07 12:10 +0100
      Re: odd question re man pages David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2022-01-07 12:20 +0100
        Re: odd question re man pages gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-07 18:10 +0100
      Re: odd question re man pages Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2022-01-07 14:10 +0100
        Re: odd question re man pages gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-07 18:20 +0100
  Re: odd question re man pages "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-01-07 12:50 +0100
    Re: odd question re man pages Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-07 13:40 +0100
      Re: odd question re man pages Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-01-07 14:20 +0100
        Re: odd question re man pages Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-07 14:20 +0100
          Re: odd question re man pages "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-01-07 14:20 +0100
    Re: odd question re man pages gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-07 18:20 +0100
  Re: odd question re man pages Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-01-07 15:20 +0100
    Re: odd question re man pages Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-01-07 17:30 +0100
      Re: odd question re man pages Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-01-07 19:20 +0100
        Re: odd question re man pages Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2022-01-07 19:50 +0100
  Re: odd question re man pages Ralph Katz <ralph@ralphkatz.com> - 2022-01-08 00:50 +0100
    Re: odd question re man pages gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-01-08 05:20 +0100

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