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

Sébastien Hinderer sebastien.hinderer at ens-lyon.org
Tue Feb 17 01:34:52 UTC 2026


Nicolas Pitre (2026/02/16 16:55 -0500):
> 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!  :-)

Are you saying I'm kind of cmplaining for nothing, here?

Genuine quesiton, I'm unsure how to read your message.

> 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.

That's great, thanks!

Do you intent to turn this into a PR?

Seb.


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