jidanni@jidanni.org writes:

> But to view them externally, the best we can do is copy/kill the
> region containing the link, then change to our Firefox etc. browser
> window, and paste it into the URL bar, and hit RET.

As Lars said, you should request this as an Emacs feature. Two others
ways of doing this, if you are using Linux/Unix (don't know about other
platforms), are:

1. Use the clipboard in KDE or Gnome that can be configured to popup a
   menu that allows you to open the selected URL in a browser.

2. Use a program that can get the current x-selection, write a shell
   script to open it up in a browser and put it in your root menu (and
   optional bind it to a key). I have done this with Window Maker in the
   past.

Charles

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