-# ian: dunno why but i needed this version at some point, then
-# it mysteriously stopped working, but works on the cli. 2022-12
-#bindsym $mod+3 exec "abroswer"
-bindsym $mod+3 exec "abrowser -no-remote -P sfw"
+# calling without -no-remote makes this to be the instance that links
+# will open in from other applications.
+bindsym $mod+3 exec "abrowser"
+# calling just abrowser mysteriously stopped working,
+# so I figured out this is how to get output, but then
+# it suddenly started working again.
+#bindsym $mod+3 exec "abrowser 2>&1 >/tmp/l"
+#bindsym $mod+3 exec "abrowser -no-remote -P sfw"