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Re: [LUG] Symbols included in URLs...

 

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, trewornan wrote:

>> From: Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [LUG] Symbols included in URLs...
>> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Monday, 13 July, 2009, 8:26 PM
>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, JOHN DAVEY
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I was thinking about this the other day so I googled
>> it and aparently
>>> soon it will be possible to use (if it's not already)
>> symbols in web
>>> addresses. So no longer will one have to type 'linux'
>> you could simply
>>> drag the picture of a penguin into the browser and it
>> will take you to
>>> www.linux.com....I guess it'll work something like
>> that anyway.....
>>
>> Don't know about dragging images, but you know that in
>> firefox, you can
>> simply paste a URL (middle-click) into a web window and
>> it'll fetch it
>> immediately...
>>
> I've only got two mouse buttons on my touchpad :-(

You can push both at the same time to simulate a middle-button if the X 
server is setup correctly.

How else do you cut & paste?

Gordon

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