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date = "2013-11-03T17:11:00-07:00"
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title = "Clickable URL links in rxvt"
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slug = "201311clickable-urls-links-in-rxvt"
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So, I use [rxvt](http://rxvt.sf.net) as my daily interface to my
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computers. I also use [mutt](http://www.mutt.org) for my email reading
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pleasure. Sometimes, I get URLs in email and I want to read them in a
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browser. If I was using a GUI based mail reader, I would just click the
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URL to open it. Well, there is an easy way to set up rxvt to do that!
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Using the fine [Arch Linux wiki](http://wiki.archlinux.org) entry for
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[rxvt
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unicode](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/rxvt-unicode#Clickable_URLs),
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the solution is quite easy. In the file **\~/.Xdefaults**, add:
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URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher
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URxvt.url-launcher: /usr/bin/firefox
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URxvt.matcher.button: 1
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And either do a **xrdb \--merge \~/.Xdefaults** or log out/log in. And
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start a new rxvt, and you are good to go.
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