making uzbl-tabbed open a link in a new tab (not a new window)
If like me you gravitate towards minimal applications, check out the uzbl web browser. It's based on webkit , supports Java, Flash, CSS, Javascript, etc and has full keyboard control. Added to this, it is fully configurable - it has a standard ASCII config file. This page shows the default keybindings. uzbl is a godsend to those of us who are too lazy (or busy) to take their hands away from the keyboard to reach for the pesky mouse. To install: sudo apt-get install uzbl I'm running uzbl-tabbed (which comes as part of the uzbl package). As the name suggests, this supports tabs. However, I was scratching my head trying to work out how to open a new link in a new tab , rather than a new window . The answer is simplicity itself (once you know of course :-). Fire up your favourite editor and point it at ~/.config/uzbl/config . Then, make sure you have an entry like this: @on_event NEW_WINDOW event NEW_TAB %s Now, any request to open a new window actually ge...