[SOLVED]opening local files with surf browser

When I try to open local html files with surf from suckless-tools with the full path, I get the error message 'URL cannot be shown'. How do I tell surf that it's local file and not a url?
Last edited by _feda_ (2011-12-16 00:23:34)

What happens if you specify a local file path: Ctrl-g and
file:///path/to/your/file.html

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