Suckless surf link hinting

Question

Desperately trying to get this working.  I've managed to apply a few patches, can rebuild surf consistently without errors etc. etc., but the script.js file on suckless.org just isn't doing anything.  Can anyone who has gotten this to work walk me through the steps I need to perform? At this point I feel like I really need a step by step tutorial.
step 1. copy script into script.js
step 2. put script in .surf
so on and so forth

Answer 1

I use surf with link hints and it works fine. Here's what I did... Copy text from: http://surf.suckless.org/files/link_hints  (here's a snapshot I uploaded of working copy in case website changes, etc: http://pastebin.com/2Hbgm3yc) and make sure this line is in your config.def.h
static char *scriptfile = ".config/surf/script.js";
Copy the provided script from suckless.org (or pastebin snapshot 2010-10-26) as script.js into your surf directory (~/.surf/script.js or ~/.config/surf/script.js ..etc, depending on your setup in config). The default keybindings for hints are on that webpage. (Ctrl-f, Ctrl-F, Ctrl-c). Here's my entire config.def.h (although there are quite a few modifications from my other patches and I haven't quite gotten everything the way I want)
/* modifier 0 means no modifier */
static char *useragent = "Surf/"VERSION" (X11; U; Unix; en-US) AppleWebKit/531.2+ Compatible (Safari)";
static char *progress = "#FF0000";
static char *progress_trust = "#00FF00";
static char *stylefile = ".config/surf/style.css";
static char *scriptfile = ".config/surf/script.js";
static char *cookiefile = ".config/surf/cookies.txt";
static char *historyfile = ".config/surf/history";
static char *dldir = ".config/surf/downloads";
static time_t sessiontime = 3600;
static int indicator_thickness = 8;
static int using_proxy = 0;
#define HOMEPAGE "https://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?action=show_new"
#define NOBACKGROUND 0
#define SETPROP(p, q) { \
.v = (char *[]){ "/bin/zsh", "-c", \
"prop=\"`xprop -id $2 $0 | cut -d '\"' -f 2 | stumpish pout`\" &&" \
"xprop -id $2 -f $1 8s -set $1 \"$prop\"", \
p, q, winid, NULL } }
#define SETURI(p) { \
.v = (char *[]){ "/bin/zsh", "-c", \
"prop=\`cat ~/.config/surf/history | sort -ru | dmenu -l 10 -b i | xprop -id `cat ~/.config/surf/id` -f SURF_URI 8s -set _SURF_URI`\" &&" \
"xprop -id $1 -f $0 8s -set $0 \"$prop\"", p, winid, NULL } }
#define DOWNLOAD(d) { \
.v = (char *[]){ "/bin/zsh", "-c", \
"dl=\"$XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$(basename \"$0\")\"; urxvt -e \"curl -b ~/.config/surf/cookies.txt -c ~/.config/surf/cookies.txt -L --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 --ssl -k --ftp-pasv -O \"$dl\" \"$0\";\"", \
d, NULL } }
#define BMARK_LOAD { \
.v = (char *[]){ "/bin/zsh", "-c", \
"xprop -id $0 -f _SURF_GO 8s -set _SURF_GO \
`cat ~/.config/surf/bookmarks | dmenu || exit 0`", winid, NULL } }
#define BMARK_ADD { \
.v = (char *[]){ "/bin/zsh", "-c", \
"(echo `xprop -id $0 _SURF_URI | cut -d '\"' -f 2` && \
`cat ~/.config/surf/bookmarks) | sort -u >! /dev/shm/.sm && \
mv -f /dev/shm/.sm ~/.config/surf/bookmarks", winid, NULL } }
#define MODKEY GDK_CONTROL_MASK
static SearchEngine searchengines[] = {
{ "g", "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" },
{ "s", "https://www.google.com/search?q=%s" },
{ "k", "http://www.kickasstorrents.com/search/%s" },
{ "l", "http://last.fm/music/?q=%s" },
{ "e", "http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&krd=1&ht=1&shortcut=4&SoftProperty=MetaEndSort&cgiurl=http%3A%2Fcgi.com/%2Fws%2F&maxRecordsPerPage=50&st=2&ebaytag1code=77&query=%s" },
{ "i", "http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=%s" },
{ "p", "http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s" },
{ "w", "https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?search=%s" },
{ "y", "http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s" },
static Key keys[] = {
/* modifier keyval function arg Focus */
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_r, reload, { .b = TRUE } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_r, reload, { .b = FALSE } },
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_p, print, { 0 } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_p, clipboard, { .b = TRUE } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_y, clipboard, { .b = FALSE } },
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_j, zoom, { .i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_k, zoom, { .i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_i, zoom, { .i = 0 } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_l, navigate, { .i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_h, navigate, { .i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_j, scroll, { .i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_k, scroll, { .i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_j, scroll, { .i = +10 } },
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_k, scroll, { .i = -10 } },
{ 0, GDK_Escape, stop, { 0 } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_Return, spawn, SETURI("_SURF_URI") },
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_s, stop, { 0 } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_o, source, { 0 } },
/* { MODKEY, GKD_a, spawn, SETPROP("_SURF_AGENT") }, */
{ MODKEY, GDK_g, spawn, SETPROP("_SURF_URI", "_SURF_GO") },
{ MODKEY, GDK_slash, spawn, SETPROP("_SURF_FIND", "_SURF_FIND") },
/* { MODKEY, GDK_t, togglesb, { 0 } }, */
{ MODKEY, GDK_n, find, { .b = TRUE } },
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_n, find, { .b = FALSE } },
{ MODKEY, GDK_b, spawn, BMARK_LOAD },
{ MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_b, spawn, BMARK_ADD },