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| From | gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: odd question re man pages |
| Date | 2022-01-07 12:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <DCVi9-4Xt-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <DCUm5-4oa-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <DCUFr-4uj-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | only accidental |
On Friday, January 7, 2022 5:21:03 AM EST David wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 21:01, gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote: > > 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? > Hi. Well, you need to install whatever the terminal program calls to > implement this functionality (plus a default browser obviously). > Possibly 'xdg-open' utility in the 'xdg-utils' package. Works here. > It might need configuration, I can't remember. Try it and see. > > . That is installed, but I can't find a configurator for it. And I am a heavy user of mc but the file menu popup steals the F10 key, also a pita. But there is not an F10 checked in the settings for xfce or konsole that I can find. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
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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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