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by dons 4409 days ago
Yeah. We used started using tinyurl on #haskell IRC by 2003 because long urls would break line wrapping, get mangled, not be typeable etc.
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elinchrome 4409 days ago
Please explain your "typeable" concern. I've been using IRC since the dawn of time and I could always copy and paste. Not to mention that links are recognized and you can click them.
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rikkus 4409 days ago
Copy and paste didn't work too well on serial terminals. How far back was this 'dawn of time'?
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elinchrome 4409 days ago
Mid nineties.
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FroshKiller 4409 days ago
I'm going to hazard a guess that you're a Windows or Mac user.
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sp332 4409 days ago
Well you can paste into irssi too.
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npsimons 4409 days ago
Middle-click much?
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smtddr 4409 days ago
i̶r̶s̶s̶i̶, or rather the terminal it's running in according to the person replying my comment, lets you click on links to open a browser too.
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bluefinity 4409 days ago
That's the terminal, not irssi.
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