Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 23:01:29 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no option to copy an email address in Firefox? Message-ID: <20140819230129.77a26b27.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140819203535.GA85072@home.parts-unknown.org> References: <20140819203535.GA85072@home.parts-unknown.org>
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:35:35 -0700, David Benfell wrote: > When I right-click on an email address on my owncloud site, with the > intent of copying the address to use in mutt (via an ssh session), it > brings up an application dialog. If I hit cancel on the application > dialog, I do not have the option to copy the email address. You could try to use the edito buffer presemt in X (and independent from Firefox and mutt): Select the text with the left mouse button (or doubleclick at the address, it should be selected now), then switch focus to the terminal running mutt, and press the middle mouse button - the selected text should now appear. Make sure that the cursor is in the correct input field, usually there is no mouse support for positioning the cursor prior to output. This should work for ssh, as it "emulates keystrokes" and therefore doesn't rely on ^C / ^V buffering. Note: If you don't have a mouse with three buttons, but a mouse wheel, press down the wheel. If your mouse has only two buttons, press both. I'm using this method regularly to copy text into and out of different programs and windows. Needless to say, I have a real 3-button mouse. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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