Re: Some keys are not properly recognized in Konsole/xterm

[Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi kde org>]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 08:14:44PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> >do in any graphical mail reader), i have to:
> >1) find out that i can do that at all. the man page doesn't contain the
> >term "URL" once.
> >2) write a regexp matching urls
> 
> See the bottom of the app-defaults file.
> 
oh - great. so if i did my initial config now (and not 10 years ago) i'd
even have a chance to be clued into the existence and setup of the
feature. ;)

> >3) have some process which leads from a selection to opening a browser.
> >klipper to the rescue! yay! even more regexps!
> 
> Most people would remember how to use the paste operation (ymmv)
> 
you entirely missed the point. it's about reducing the number of manual
actions required. you should read some basic literature on usability.

> >right. that's why all graphical muas lack that feature ... ;)
> 
> hmm - no "all".
>
all which have a noteworthy market share (guess why they do).

>  Perhaps "all" of the ones in front of you at the moment.
> 
i'm not aware of any attempts to make mutt graphical.