Re: shortest amount of keystrokes to see URL in an external browser

[jidanni]

It turns out I need to re-engineer the entire

(defun find-file-at-point (&optional filename)
  "Find FILENAME, guessing a default from text around point.
If `ffap-url-regexp' is not nil, the FILENAME may also be an URL.
With a prefix, this command behaves exactly like `ffap-file-finder'.
If `ffap-require-prefix' is set, the prefix meaning is reversed.
See also the variables `ffap-dired-wildcards', `ffap-newfile-prompt',
and the functions `ffap-file-at-point' and `ffap-url-at-point'."
  (interactive)

to make the prefix to now mean "use and external browser", to achieve
what I want.

Oh woe is me.

There is

no way

old

me

is going to get involved in that.