openurl.pl and w3m
       Monday Jan 11  8:58:47 2021
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       Before I switched to weechat, I used irssi for several years, it was 
       really kewl to use the good old duo "screen + irssi" like the kewl 
       kids did.
       
       Since I started using "tmux + weechat" I never looked back. But since 
       weechat was mysteriouly removed from sdf-eu I had to go back to irssi.
       
       One of the scripts I liked the most, and I used on many occasions was 
       openurl.pl It grabs all the urls in the buffers and allows you to 
       easily open them in w3m (I am talking http links here although the 
       script also allows you to open ftp and mail links).
       
       https://scripts.irssi.org/
       
       Now that I am using it again I must say I'd really be enjoying the 
       script 100% if it weren't for one thing: w3m (or maybe two...)
       
       Do not get me wrong, I like w3m, I think it is a great web browser and 
       pager. Put the blame on me but I feel clumpsy using it because the 
       keystrokes are not in my brain muscle and very often I find myself 
       having to use my w3m cheetsheet to use it properly.
       
       The second problem is that w3m is hardcoded in openurl.pl (as well as 
       ncftp and mutt). I do not know much about perl but I guess it should 
       be pretty easy to use variables for these programs. I might take a 
       serious look at it someday and maybe improve it, but for the time 
       being, my lazy solution was to s/w3m/elinks/ and be done with it.
       
       Now I can take the experience of quickly opening urls to a different 
       level using a text browser I really feel comfortable with and with 
       which I can easily store bookmarks and handle tabs like a pro ;-)
       since many many elinks keystrokes are hardcoded in my brain.
       
       Maybe hardcoding is not that bad after all ... (just joking)