# URI open  plumber and xclip

If you are not blessed with a terminal which can identify URI's and
take some programmable action on selection[0], then I offer the
following solution:

Double clicking on a URI should put it into your xclip buffer. Verify
this by selecting some text or URI and then running:

> $ xclip -o

If the above prints out the selected text or URI then you can proceed
to install the plumber[1] and configure it to your requirements. 


## Plumber configuration

Configuration involves exporting environment variables to determine
the application to be used for opening the specific URI/file type:

     PLUMB_IMAGE=<your_preferred_image_viewer feh -F --auto-rotate?>
     PLUMB_MEDIA=<your_preferred_mediaplayer mpv?>
     PLUMB_GOPHER=<your_preferred_gopher_browser gopher?>
     PLUMB_TXTGOPHER=<your_preferred_gopher_textbrowser gopher?>
     PLUMB_PDF=<your_preferred_pdf_viewer xpdf?>
     PLUMB_FILEMANAGER=<your_preferred_filemanager ranger?>
     PLUMB_WEB=<your_preferred_webbrowser firefox?>
     PLUMB_TXTWEB=<your_preferred_text_webbrowser lynx?>
     PLUMB_FEED=<your_preferred_RSS/Atom_client thunderbird?>
     PLUMB_WAIS=<your_preferred_WAIS_client lynx?>
     PLUMB_CSO=<your_preferred_CSO_client lynx?>
     PLUMB_NEWS=<your_preferred_NNTP/NEWS_client lynx?>
     PLUMB_NEX=<your_preferred_NEX_client ?>

*Note: * If you are into self flagellation you could instead
use xdg-open.

Create a key binding to trigger calling the plumber with the contents
of the xclip buffer.


## An example for ratpoison

Edit .ratpoisonrc and add the following:
> bind o exec plumb $(xclip -o)

After restarting ratpoison you should be able to Ctrl-t+o to open
selected URI's.


## References

[0](gopher://gopher.icu/0/phlog/Computing/Smart-terminal-not-client.md)
[1](git://r-36.net/plumber)