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, <Shift><Adjust> 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 <Select><Adjust> pops up in !Help with NetSurf so it shouldn't be news to anyone. ;-)
