Re: copy and paste urls from webpage
The following bytes were arranged on 26 Mar 2013 by Richard Porter : Incidentally Shift-Select-click = Object Link Download target One of the things I most wish NetSurf would do is an option to invoke the download window externally - i.e. links sent over the AcornURI protocol, which may have originated in an email, or possibly even manually extracted from the source of a page which NetSurf doesn't want to play nice with. In the case that said link goes to, say, a large image, it would be so useful to be able to directly download it without being forced to wait for NetSurf to attempt to render it first. This could probably be satisfactorily fixed just by adding an extra button to the 'Open URL' window. -- __^__ / _ _ \ You always find something in the last place you look. ( ( |_| ) ) \_ _/ === Martin Bazley ==
Re: copy and paste urls from webpage
In message 5332b46317...@timil.com Tim Hill t...@timil.com wrote: In article 7e0f9c3253.a...@ntlworld.com, Rev Dr Alan Leighton alan.leight...@ntlworld.com wrote: [Snip] Menu over the Netsurf page then use Page Export Text. Save text into Ovation or Easi Writer and then delete what you do not need. Wow. That would be an extreme way of extracting a URL from even only a 20KB web page. If you've seen some of mine, you wouldn't want to do that unless you have lots of time to waste! As others have said, ShiftAdjust over the link pops up a URL save box which can even be dragged to a NetSurf address field or nearly anywhere else you want it to be. Teach a wise man and he is yet wiser. I wouldn't call it extreme for have done that for years and it really is quite flexible and quick. Now to try your way. Thanks Alan --
Re: copy and paste urls from webpage
In article b276e13253.a...@ntlworld.com, Rev Dr Alan Leighton alan.leight...@ntlworld.com wrote: In message 5332b46317...@timil.com Tim Hill t...@timil.com wrote: In article 7e0f9c3253.a...@ntlworld.com, Rev Dr Alan Leighton alan.leight...@ntlworld.com wrote: [Snip] Menu over the Netsurf page then use Page Export Text. Save text into Ovation or Easi Writer and then delete what you do not need. Wow. That would be an extreme way of extracting a URL from even only a 20KB web page. If you've seen some of mine, you wouldn't want to do that unless you have lots of time to waste! As others have said, ShiftAdjust over the link pops up a URL save box which can even be dragged to a NetSurf address field or nearly anywhere else you want it to be. Teach a wise man and he is yet wiser. I wouldn't call it extreme for have done that for years and it really is quite flexible and quick. Now to try your way. I was thinking particularly of a news page I maintain which can have tens of very similar links and to find the correct one in an editor you have to invoke search and still I have ended up with the wrong one! Agreed that on a very simple page, what you describe is adequate for the task. Pleased to see that SelectAdjust pops up in !Help with NetSurf so it shouldn't be news to anyone. ;-)
Re: copy and paste urls from webpage
In message 5332eff287...@timil.com Tim Hill t...@timil.com wrote: In article b276e13253.a...@ntlworld.com, Rev Dr Alan Leighton alan.leight...@ntlworld.com wrote: In message 5332b46317...@timil.com Tim Hill t...@timil.com wrote: In article 7e0f9c3253.a...@ntlworld.com, Rev Dr Alan Leighton alan.leight...@ntlworld.com wrote: [Snip] Menu over the Netsurf page then use Page Export Text. Save text into Ovation or Easi Writer and then delete what you do not need. Wow. That would be an extreme way of extracting a URL from even only a 20KB web page. If you've seen some of mine, you wouldn't want to do that unless you have lots of time to waste! As others have said, ShiftAdjust over the link pops up a URL save box which can even be dragged to a NetSurf address field or nearly anywhere else you want it to be. Teach a wise man and he is yet wiser. I wouldn't call it extreme for have done that for years and it really is quite flexible and quick. Now to try your way. I was thinking particularly of a news page I maintain which can have tens of very similar links and to find the correct one in an editor you have to invoke search and still I have ended up with the wrong one! Agreed that on a very simple page, what you describe is adequate for the task. Pleased to see that SelectAdjust pops up in !Help with NetSurf so it shouldn't be news to anyone. ;-) Oh I have just tried it. Super. Changing my ways now. Thanks Alan --
Re: copy and paste urls from webpage
John Rickman Iyonix wrote on 26 Mar: Is there an easy way to select an url on a webpage in order to get it into the clipboard? I never knew Shift-Adjust-click did this trick till Tony Moore enlightened us here. And then, of course, I see that interactive Help has been enlightening us all the time -- methinks I'll leave it switched on now and then, even on familiar apps, to see what further enlightenment I gain. To export the url of the page you are ON (i.e., the addressbar, as opposed to a link IN THE BODY of the page) simply drag* it to a textfile. Or Shift-drag it to a directory, where it appears with the filetype URL. Easier than using the menu Page Save location (*Some versions of the OS allow ordinary drag to select parts of a writable field such as the addressbar. In that case, use Ctrl-drag. Those versions probably also support Ctrl-A Ctrl-C to copy the contents of the addressbar to the clipboard.) Netsurf's interactive help doesn't mention these actions. -- Jim Nagelwww.archivemag.co.uk See you at Wakefield? www.wakefieldshow.org.uk April 20
Re: copy and paste urls from webpage
In message c5fb963253.iyoj...@rickman.argonet.co.uk John Rickman Iyonix rick...@argonet.co.uk wrote: Is there an easy way to select an url on a webpage in order to get it into the clipboard? If you try to stripe a selectable field the arrow pointer turns into the hand and it won't mark the text. If you start the stripe before the url or after the url and stripe backwards you always pick up extraneous characters. Hi John, Menu over the Netsurf page then use Page Export Text. Save text into Ovation or Easi Writer and then delete what you do not need. Cheers Alan --
Re: copy and paste urls from webpage
In message 89f29a3253.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk Tony Moore old_coas...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: [snip] Shift-adjust-click on a link allows its URL to be saved where you will. Well I'll go to foot of my stairs* I never knew that -- thanks Tony! Chris. *Except I don't have any stairs... Tony
Re: copy and paste urls from webpage
Tony Moore wrote On 26 Mar 2013, Richard Porter r...@minijem.plus.com wrote: On 26 Mar 2013 John Rickman Iyonix wrote: Is there an easy way to select an url on a webpage in order to get it into the clipboard? No. I use Object Link Save Text and drag to !Edit on the icon bar, then copy from there or save the file to where I want it. Shift-adjust-click on a link allows its URL to be saved where you will. Thanks Tony - that is just what I was looking for! John -- John Rickman - http://rickman.orpheusweb.co.uk/lynx Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darueber muss man schweigen.
Re: copy and paste urls from webpage
On 26 Mar 2013 Tony Moore wrote: On 26 Mar 2013, Richard Porter r...@minijem.plus.com wrote: On 26 Mar 2013 John Rickman Iyonix wrote: Is there an easy way to select an url on a webpage in order to get it into the clipboard? No. I use Object Link Save Text and drag to !Edit on the icon bar, then copy from there or save the file to where I want it. Shift-adjust-click on a link allows its URL to be saved where you will. That's just a short cut for Object Link Save ANT URL It doesn't copy the URL to the clipboard. Incidentally Shift-Select-click = Object Link Download target -- Richard Porterhttp://www.minijem.plus.com/ mailto:r...@minijem.plus.com I don't want a user experience - I just want stuff that works.
