Fixed up link selection

main.lua

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function mainloop()
   print('| text files.                               |')
   print('|                                           |')
   while true do
-    print('\27[7m (G)o to url, (B)ack, (#) Visit link, (Q)uit \27[0m')
+    print('\27[7m (G)o to url, (B)ack, (V)isit link, (Q)uit \27[0m')
     local key = string.lower(getch())
     io.write('\n')
     if key == 'q' then
@@ -137,9 +137,17 @@ function mainloop()
         handle_response(filedata, url.gophertype)
         print(separator)
       end
-    elseif type(tonumber(key)) == 'number' then
-      local linkurl = links[tonumber(key)]
+    elseif key == 'v' then
+      local linkid
+      repeat
+        io.write('Enter link id: ')
+        io.flush()
+        linkid = tonumber(io.read())
+      until linkid
+      local linkurl = links[linkid]
+      print(separator)
       print(linkurl or 'No such link')
+      print(separator)
     end
   end
 end
@@ -158,6 +166,9 @@ function handle_response(res_table, gtype)
   end
 end
 
+
+-- Modified version of socket.url.parse
+-- Sets up defaults and adds parsing of gophertype
 function parse_url(u)
   if not string.find(u, '://', 1, true) then
     u = 'gopher://'..u
@@ -180,5 +191,6 @@ function parse_url(u)
   return parsed
 end
 
+
 -- run the program
 mainloop()