--- /home/arch/gtg-bzr/src/trunk/GTG/tools/urlregex.py	2012-01-07 16:49:15.333116000 +0100
+++ tools/urlregex.py	2012-01-07 20:22:07.182531007 +0100
@@ -38,9 +38,14 @@
 PATH_ENDING_CHARS = r'[%s\)=#/]' % UTF_CHARS
 QUERY_ENDING_CHARS = '[a-z0-9_&=#]'
 
-URL_REGEX = re.compile('((%s)((https?://|www\\.)(%s)(\/%s*%s?)?(\?%s*%s)?))'
-                       % (PRE_CHARS, DOMAIN_CHARS, PATH_CHARS,
-                         PATH_ENDING_CHARS, QUERY_CHARS, QUERY_ENDING_CHARS),
-                         re.IGNORECASE)
+subst_dict = {"pre":PRE_CHARS, "domain":DOMAIN_CHARS, "path":PATH_CHARS,
+              "path_end":PATH_ENDING_CHARS, "query":QUERY_CHARS,
+              "query_end":QUERY_ENDING_CHARS}
+
+HTTP_URI='((%(pre)s)((https?://|www\\.)(%(domain)s)(\/%(path)s*%(path_end)s?)?(\?%(query)s*%(query_end)s)?))' % subst_dict
+FILE_URI='(file:///(%(path)s*%(path_end)s?)?)' % subst_dict
+
+URL_REGEX = re.compile('%s|%s' % (HTTP_URI, FILE_URI), re.IGNORECASE)
+
 def match(text):
     return re.match(URL_REGEX, text)
--- /home/arch/gtg-bzr/src/trunk/GTG/gtk/editor/taskview.py	2012-01-07 20:27:38.928277000 +0100
+++ gtk/editor/taskview.py	2012-01-07 20:23:25.015442685 +0100
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
             prev.backward_word_start()
             text = buff.get_text(prev,it)
             
-            if text in ["http","https","www"]:
+            if text in ["http","https","www","file"]:
                 isurl = buff.get_text(prev, buff.get_end_iter())
                 m = urlregex.match(isurl)
                 if m is not None: