--- vitrc.5.orig	2014-06-24 13:52:51.998272951 +1000
+++ vitrc.5	2014-06-24 13:53:33.822937834 +1000
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 ID of the task that is currently selected in VIT.
 
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-.B map c=:! task %TASKID rc.defaultwidth:200 | grep -o -P -m 1 "(ftp|http)s?://\S*" | tr -d '\n' | xsel -b<Return>
+.B map c=:! task %TASKID rc.defaultwidth:200 | grep -o -P -m 1 "(ftp|http)s?://\\\\S*" | tr -d '\n' | xsel -b<Return>
 Copies the first link it finds to the clipboard.
 
 .TP