In Lion, you can simply hold down the Command key and double click the link and it will open in your default browser.
[crarko adds: Confirmed. I really love little touches like this.]
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Previously when you had a link (URL) in Terminal you always had to copy/paste or right-click and choose 'Open link' to open it in your default browser.
In Lion, you can simply hold down the Command key and double click the link and it will open in your default browser. [crarko adds: Confirmed. I really love little touches like this.]
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10.7: Quickly open links In Terminal
this works for any uri not just http links, try a mailto: link and Mail.app will clicking file:///tmp will open the finder on that directory
10.7: Quickly open links In Terminal
Previously you could do the same by holding down Shift+Cmd and double click the link.
10.7: Quickly open links In Terminal
In previous versions of OS X, shift-command-doubleclick opened an URL underneath the pointer. I can't remember exactly how long that's been around, but definitely since Leopard.
10.7: Quickly open links In Terminal
In previous version of OS X it's command+shift+click ---
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10.7: Quickly open links In Terminal
in leopard ih you had anything beginning with http:// you can press shift+cmd and double click the link...
10.7: Quickly open links In Terminal
in Leopard and Snow Leopard (and I believe Tiger as well, if not earlier than that), you could open a URL from Terminal.app by command-shift-clicking (or possibly double-clicking, I can't remember as I'm using Lion now).
10.7: Quickly open links In Terminal
This is a very useful feature, but it's not new. It's existed at least since Leopard, but Apple seems to like to change the magic keys to press. In Snow Leopard, if you use command-shift and double-click the link, it will open in your web browser.
10.7: Quickly open links In Terminal
In Leopard and Snow Leopard, it's Shift-Cmd and double-click to open a URL displayed Terminal.
10.7: Quickly open links In Terminal
You can also drag and drop .webloc "files" around (essentially as .textclippings with HTML extras that get ignored when appropirate). Handy for Terminal where you get some complex URL you don't want to mess up retyping (also to get bored retyping :P ). |
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