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that sounds right to me, but I still don't know why it would launch Usenet... any who! I guess we have a way to launch terminal. Ps I just tried it with a URL

that sounds right to me, but I still don't know why it would launch Usenet... any who! I guess we have a way to launch terminal. Ps I just tried it with a URL and it works too, you can create an href with the news:// predicate and it launches a terminal, but I can't seem to pass anything along to the terminal. Could have been useful for CLI commands instead of the copy/paste approach.

smt88 6y ago
> I still don't know why it would launch Usenet I don't think my meaning was clear. news:// points to Usenet resources the same way https:// https:// points to the World Wide Web. It's up to your browser and OS what actually happens when you click a news:// URL. There are MacOS clients for Usenet in case you actually want to handle those correctly (not sure why you would though). > I can't seem to pass anything along to the terminal You should not be able to pass anything to the terminal this way, any more than "https://rm https://rm" would pass "rm" to your terminal. > Could have been useful for CLI commands instead of the copy/paste approach This would be a terrifying security risk. You should not be able to click something and have your terminal suddenly filled with someone else's text.