[BRLTTY] xbrlapi: Minor clipboard issues and one small feature request

Nicolas Pitre nico at fluxnic.net
Mon Feb 16 21:55:52 UTC 2026


On Mon, 16 Feb 2026, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:

> Nicolas Pitre (2026/02/16 13:51 -0500):
> > On Fri, 13 Feb 2026, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
> >
> > > One other workflow I find cumbersome at themoment is copying lenthgy
> > > URLs. That, too, is something where I'd like to get more help from BRLTTY.
> >
> > I do copy lengthy URLs all the time. What issues are you experiencing?
> 
> Well, it may not be an issue to you, but to me what I find cumbersome
> is to find where the URL to copy stops.
> 
> There are two aspects to it. The first is, given how long the URL is, I
> find it super annoying to locate its end, especially if there is some
> non-URL text after it.
> 
> The second aspect is that I always find myself
> thinking that I shouldn't not have to do that, in the sense that it
> should not be necessary for me to sepdn time and energy locating theend
> of an URL. I eman, I am super unconvinced any sighted people does that
> or would even accept to do it. It's jsut that we blindusers are so used
> to struggle that we simply accept the struggle. At least, that's how I
> see it.

Well... if such a "super annoying" thing was among my struggles I think 
I'd be enjoying a much simpler life!  :-)

But hey, let's bring some joy to your own life. Please have a look at 
https://github.com/npitre/brltty/commit/8933bdf154a3efddb1ee8730804ba83c55d9b5df
(woooh it worked!) and tell me what you think.


Nicolas


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