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

[jidanni]

Ah, and now I am indeed back in business. Here's what I now use:

(ffap-bindings)
(defun my-ffap (&optional filename) ;PJ Weisberg
  (interactive)
  (let ((ffap-url-fetcher (if current-prefix-arg
                              #'browse-url-firefox
                            ffap-url-fetcher))
        (current-prefix-arg nil))
    (find-file-at-point filename)))
(global-set-key "\C-x\C-f" 'my-ffap)

Thanks PJ!