On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:37:32 +0200 Bert Münnich <be...@gmx.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure about the "exporting" thing. If there's one thing I've > learned from writing url-select [1], it's that a lot of URLs get line > wrapped inside curses-based applications (e.g. mcabber, irssi, weechat, > vim, newsbeuter, mutt) and there's nothing you can do about getting them > right at the terminal level. With irssi inside screen inside XFCE Terminal, Terminal can highlight long URLs almost perfectly - subject only to its own bug i not recognizing some of the characters. I assume it can because irssi allows the terminal to wrap text (and screen doesn't mess about with that). An prog which put the terminal into no-wrapping mode (which is easier to work with) might well get its URLs chopped. IMO this issue puts a dent in the idea of fill-screen terminal apps being plain text, even though there is a work-around.
