Sylpheed in mailto_prgs list makes obvious why the new implementation 
with Bash arrays is more powerful.

imz@altlinux.ru, November 2001

--- urlview-0.9/url_handler.sh.paths	Thu Nov 29 23:43:37 2001
+++ urlview-0.9/url_handler.sh	Thu Nov 29 23:50:49 2001
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #   Copyright (c) 1998  Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
 #   Slightly modified by Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
+#	Path lists implemented with Bash-arrays 
+#		by Ivan Zakharyaschev <imz@altlinux.ru> November 2001
 
 #   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -29,15 +31,15 @@
 # VT: Launch in the same terminal
 
 # The lists of programs to be executed are
-https_prgs="/usr/X11R6/bin/netscape:XW /usr/bin/lynx:XT"
-http_prgs="/usr/bin/lynx:XT /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape:XW"
-mailto_prgs="/usr/bin/mutt:VT /usr/bin/elm:VT /usr/bin/pine:VT /usr/bin/mail:VT"
-gopher_prgs="/usr/bin/lynx:XT /usr/bin/gopher:XT"
-ftp_prgs="/usr/bin/lynx:XT /usr/bin/ncftp:XT"
+https_prgs=(/usr/bin/mozilla:PW /usr/bin/netscape:PW /usr/bin/galeon:PW /usr/bin/skipstone:PW /usr/bin/lynx:XT /usr/bin/links:XT)
+http_prgs=("${https_prgs[@]}")
+mailto_prgs=(/usr/bin/mutt:VT '/usr/bin/sylpheed --compose:PW' /usr/bin/pine:VT /usr/bin/elm:VT /usr/bin/mailto:VT /bin/mail:VT)
+gopher_prgs=(/usr/bin/lynx:XT /usr/bin/gopher:XT)
+ftp_prgs=(/usr/bin/gftp:PW /usr/bin/lynx:XT /usr/bin/ncftp:XT /usr/bin/links:XT)
 
 # Program used as an xterm (if it doesn't support -T you'll need to change
 # the command line in getprg)
-XTERM=/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
+XTERM=/usr/bin/xvt
 
 
 ###########################################################################
@@ -47,11 +49,11 @@
 {
     local ele tag prog
 
-    for ele in $*
+    for ele in "$@"
     do
 	tag=${ele##*:}
 	prog=${ele%%:*}
-	if [ -x $prog ]; then
+	if [ -x ${prog%% *} ]; then
 	    case $tag in
 	    PW) [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] && echo "P:$prog" && return 0
 	    	;;
@@ -87,20 +89,20 @@
 
 case $type in
 https)
-    prg=`getprg $https_prgs`
+    prg=`getprg "${https_prgs[@]}"`
     ;;
 http)
-    prg=`getprg $http_prgs`
+    prg=`getprg "${http_prgs[@]}"`
     ;;
 ftp)
-    prg=`getprg $ftp_prgs`
+    prg=`getprg "${ftp_prgs[@]}"`
     ;;
 mailto)
-    prg=`getprg $mailto_prgs`
+    prg=`getprg "${mailto_prgs[@]}"`
     url="${url#mailto:}"
     ;;
 gopher)
-    prg=`getprg $gopher_prgs`
+    prg=`getprg "${gopher_prgs[@]}"`
     ;;
 *)
     echo "Unknown URL type.  Please report URL and viewer to"