180602 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > I select some text in another program (maybe a valid URL, maybe not), > copy it to the clipboard. In Firefox, I click in the urlbar > or I press F6 enough times to get there and I type Control-V. > And nothing happens. I just tested it > with a fresh empty firefox profile and it still doesn't work. > So at least it's not me doing something wrong in about:config.
If I want to do this, I hilite the text eg in a console on another desktop by dragging the mouse-pointer over it, then open a new tab via the FF toolbar & middle-click in the empty URL bar. I just did it with /usr/local/bkp-day/flexity.ref , which is a file in my system, & FF displayed it correctly to my surprise (it knows to put 'file://' in front of the copied text). I did the same with the text of this e-mail, using Vim + Mutt, & it also displays in an empty tab. My desktop manager is KDE. Does this work for you ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
